Large Group in State Dept arguing for open war against Syria. (Iraq, middle east)

[Stymie13]

No. The critics of Iraq should remember their own warnings about Syria.

[saltine]

Is that what the saudis and obama are discussing today? no press allowed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-mee...63.html?ref=gs

[LuckyGem]

Originally Posted by saltine

Is that what the saudis and obama are discussing today? no press allowed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-mee...63.html?ref=gs

Not only that, likely the Senate ruling that Saudi be held responsible for 9/11 by giving money to the terrorists.

Saudi Arabia can go up in flames and I say let it burn. I wouldn't waste my spit on them to put out that fire.

[Snowball7]

Originally Posted by LuckyGem

Obama is for ISIL. This is why they are in a clusterfutz over there right now.

Putin is trying to do the right thing, and Obama defies logic and does everything to cross him.

It's obvious that Obama has done everything to give ISIL the tools they need to succeed.

True, but Obama is also less of a warmonger than many others.
Romney and McCain would have already gone to war against Syria,
perhaps even Iran.
Hillary wanted a no-fly zone in Syria to protect the "rebels" a.k.a. ISIS
from the Syrian air force and from Russia.
Clinton supporters don't want to acknowledge the fact that she's more
hawkish than Trump is.

Who are these people ?

New York Times has the head count at 51, and that's only within the State Department.

"More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad."

Is it not also interesting that these cries are coming just days after Assad promised
to retake every inch of Syrian territory, and is winning ?

Defiant Bashar al-Assad Vows to Retake ‘Every Inch’ of Syria

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by Snowball7

True, but Obama is also less of a warmonger than many others.
Romney and McCain would have already gone to war against Syria,
perhaps even Iran.

We have went to war with Syria AND Libya.

Hillary wanted a no-fly zone in Syria to protect the "rebels" a.k.a. ISIS
from the Syrian air force and from Russia.
Clinton supporters don't want to acknowledge the fact that she's more

Russia Is Launching Twice as Many Airstrikes as the U.S. in Syria - The Daily Beast

hawkish than Trump is.

That could very well be true but Obama bombed Syria and Libya and continues to.

[Scratch33]

We've more than proven our ability to invade other countries, break things and topple governments.

What to do after that is something we've yet to master.

[Three Wolves In Snow]

If the US attempts to attack Assad and Russia, then there is no more hope for this country because it will prove that the US government is OUR enemy. Attacking Assad and Russia, who are attacking ISIS, means that our government is fighting WITH the Daeshbags...the terrorists...which means our government sides with terrorists.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by burdell

I support impeaching anyone in the US government who gets us involved in such stupidity.

Amen. Not our war.

[Stymie13]

I want a repeal of the war powers act and all military action to authorized by formal declarations of war.

That would use of force considerably.

[Packard fan]

Originally Posted by burdell

I support impeaching anyone in the US government who gets us involved in such stupidity.

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

Good Lord... we agree on something...

Originally Posted by Snowball7

something we agree on, burdell.

but obviously there's still a very active war party in the State Dept
and all within the U.S. government.

It just "froze" over in Bullhead City in June 2016, yowza! This thread ain't gonna be much of a pissing contest since BOTH the cons AND the libs agree that taking out Assad is just dumb, period.