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Re: Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitate

Tecumsehsbones said:
Correct! The Supreme Court may someday hold that the President may not take non-emergency military action without Congressional consent, but that day has not arrived (and is not likely to, given the Supremes' avoidance of the issue in the past).
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The issue has been left 'flexible' in order to allow the POTUS the flexibility to deal with a fast developing scenario. E-Smack is trying to make a case that P-Obama's decision to place the matter before Congress 'paints him into a corner'.

Or something like that When he posted:

Keep spinning DG. Obama wanted to strike Syria and caved in and was pressured to go to congress. If they vote no the President has been defeated and Al Queda doesn't get US Navy air and cruise missile support. Obama trapped himself.

I condense it into 'wishful thinking'.:lol:

JLM said:
Yeah, and I think he has a fairly large base, much to the baggers' chagrin!
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E-Smack is hurling turf at the wall to see what sticks.:lol:
 
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Re: Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitate

hunboldt said:
The issue has been left 'flexible' in order to allow the POTUS the flexibility to deal with a fast developing scenario. E-Smack is trying to make a case that P-Obama's decision to place the matter before Congress 'paints him into a corner'.

Or something like that When he posted:

Keep spinning DG. Obama wanted to strike Syria and caved in and was pressured to go to congress. If they vote no the President has been defeated and Al Queda doesn't get US Navy air and cruise missile support. Obama trapped himself.

I condense it into 'wishful thinking'.:lol:



E-Smack is hurling turf at the wall to see what sticks.:lol:
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You may be right. My entire point here is that there is no settled law saying the President may not take non-emergency military action without Congressional approval. That makes it what the courts call "a political question."

Y'all may read the tea leaves in accordance with whatever predispositions you have.
 
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Re: Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitate

hunboldt said:
The issue has been left 'flexible' in order to allow the POTUS the flexibility to deal with a fast developing scenario. E-Smack is trying to make a case that P-Obama's decision to place the matter before Congress 'paints him into a corner'.

Or something like that When he posted:

Keep spinning DG. Obama wanted to strike Syria and caved in and was pressured to go to congress. If they vote no the President has been defeated and Al Queda doesn't get US Navy air and cruise missile support. Obama trapped himself.

I condense it into 'wishful thinking'.:lol:
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Two different topics altogether.

President Obama does not need Congressional approval to strike at Syria. FACT

I disagreed with DG and gave my opinion on another topic relating to Syria.

Jumping from post to post cannot save you.

Are we clear? ARE WE CLEAR!



hunboldt said:
E-Smack is hurling turf at the wall to see what sticks.:lol:
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Wow... I must have really stung you eh?
 
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Re: Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitate

eaglesmack said:
two different topics altogether.

President obama does not need congressional approval to strike at syria. Fact

i disagreed with dg and gave my opinion on another topic relating to syria.

Jumping from post to post cannot save you.

Are we clear? Are we clear!





wow... I must have really stung you eh?
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*snort*
 
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Re: Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitate

hunboldt said:
:p

B______er all to do with the point under discussion.
StaRt a 'I am fixated by homely females' thread, Smack.
*SNORT*
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You understand I was addressing another poster?

Damn dude... you fail again!

 
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Obama is on the news Droning on about how it will hurt the US image if they don't attack...

Too late, Benghazi did that.. the world knows that the USA will leave your man behind now.. and tossing a few cruise missiles at Syria won't change that..

If I was Russia, about the same time the USA sends off it's cruise missiles, I would take them out, or the ship that sends it..

Syrian's Russian supplied Migs and SU-50;s are fully capable of blowing F-16's and F-18's out of the Sky's.

I never thought I would stand up for Russia over the U.S.A.
*******Obama is very dangerous man*********.
******Like Putin said the other day.************..
" Obama's is a monkey with a grenade "

Russia sends military reconnaissance ship to Syrian coast | World news | theguardian.com
 
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Re: Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitate

hunboldt said:
*snort snort snort snort & ---snort*
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Torro Torro

 
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B00Mer said:
Obama is on the news Droning on about how it will hurt the US image if they don't attack...

Too late, Benghazi did that.. the world knows that the USA will leave your man behind now.. and tossing a few cruise missiles at Syria won't change that..

If I was Russia, about the same time the USA sends off it's cruise missiles, I would take them out, or the ship that sends it..

Syrian's Russian supplied Migs and SU-50;s are fully capable of blowing F-16's and F-18's out of the Sky's.

I never thought I would stand up for Russia over the U.S.A.
*******Obama is very dangerous man*********.
******Like Putin said the other day.************..
" Obama's is a monkey with a grenade "

Russia sends military reconnaissance ship to Syrian coast | World news | theguardian.com
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I'm not that surprised. I imagine that Putin has quite a shadow following among the American right. He's very conservative, to start with. He's defintiely got a a Puritan streak in him. And he doesn't back down. The last thing you could accuse him of being is a liberal.
 
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Just out of curiosity (for the ignorant peoples like myself), what kind of benefits would military intervention bring in this situation?
 
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mentalfloss said:
Just out of curiosity (for the ignorant peoples like myself), what kind of benefits would military intervention bring in this situation?
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The POTUS has caused the Assad regime to stop using chemical weapons ( for now), and disperse their military 'targets of Opportunity, which is a huge undertaking.

Read Mahan on 'concentration of Force'
and he didn't fire a shot.

so far, a win- win. IMHO

Kreskin said:
But that is a no-win situation. Even if the strikes were hugely successful the world is full of bloggers and politicians that will paint a different picture. That is not in the interest of any American.
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Exactly. Thanks Kreskin
 
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