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I thought he looked like he was spray-tanned orange. Beyond that, what I saw of it, it seemed like a pretty weak speech.
I thought it was a good speech .. and an effort to keep US citizens informed of unfolding developments.
America is not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong, but when with modest effort and risk we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.
Too much equivocation for my taste.
Classic Obama, throwing in the emotional arguments in an attempt to snatch up the mainstream audience.
Anyways, just about what I expected.
Obama tried sanctions and diplomacy? When did he do that? As for the Russian thingie. All that will lead to is what we saw with Saddam in the 1990's--game playing with the UN inspectors and playing for time while essentially nothing is done. It is a win for Russia Syria and a defeat for the US.Solving problems is not about equivocation .. Its about multilateral negotiations .. Obama has tried sanctions, diplomacy.... and now he has reached some sort of tentative agreement with Putin. Of course I don't have much regard for policy wonks..
We can hope that it works.
Umm, it led to the end of Saddam's WMD. All that was found were remnants from decades earlier scattered about the country.Obama tried sanctions and diplomacy? When did he do that? As for the Russian thingie. All that will lead to is what we saw with Saddam in the 1990's--game playing with the UN inspectors and playing for time while essentially nothing is done. It is a win for Russia Syria and a defeat for the US.
Obama tried sanctions and diplomacy? When did he do that? As for the Russian thingie. All that will lead to is what we saw with Saddam in the 1990's--game playing with the UN inspectors and playing for time while essentially nothing is done. It is a win for Russia Syria and a defeat for the US.
Obama tried sanctions and diplomacy? When did he do that? As for the Russian thingie. All that will lead to is what we saw with Saddam in the 1990's--game playing with the UN inspectors and playing for time while essentially nothing is done. It is a win for Russia Syria and a defeat for the US.
Yeah, he should have quelled the emotional arguments with ominous possibilities of a mushroom cloud over an American city.
Classic Obama, throwing in the emotional arguments in an attempt to snatch up the mainstream audience.
Anyways, just about what I expected.
The guy goes to Congress instead of just bombing Syria, which was the right thing to do since matters in Syria are not an imminent threat to the USA, and the Right whines. While Congress dithers, a deal pops up which Obama says he will give a chance to develop, thus averting the need for a vote or a war, at least for now, and the Right whines about him bumbling and being indecisive. The guy just finishes a speech explaining the entire turn of events, the Right whines that he was equivocating.
Some people just can't be pleased.
Obama tried sanctions and diplomacy? When did he do that? As for the Russian thingie. All that will lead to is what we saw with Saddam in the 1990's--game playing with the UN inspectors and playing for time while essentially nothing is done. It is a win for Russia Syria and a defeat for the US.
Obama sounds like he has no clue that no one is listening to him any more. He's an annoyance.
He needs to give two weeks notice.
Anybody believes Assad and Putin is giving up their WMD because out of the goodness of their hearts ...I have the Brooklyn Bridge to sell you.
Obama's finger on the trigger ..is what's creating this.
And I think in the end Obama will strike Assad and weaken his army.....and provide arms to the rebels to finish the job!
Ultimately Assad can no longer lead Syria and his stance is only causing more death ....the best thing for everyone is for Assad to meet the same fate as Khadaffi!!
It took an invasion to find that out. I hardly think that ten years of evasion followed by five years of war is a winning strategy to follow in Syria.Umm, it led to the end of Saddam's WMD. All that was found were remnants from decades earlier scattered about the country.
If the president feels it is in the US interest to launch an attack, he should do it. And no, I would not scream for impeachment. Even if congress says no to military action, Obama could still strike since he never needed their authorization in the first place. That said, he would never do it. He went to congress because he lacked the courage to act alone and sought congressional approval for political cover. If they don't give it to him, he wont act.And, you what? preferred Obama bomb the hell out of Syria on his own accord? Tell me you wouldn't be screaming for an impeachment had he done that.
No its not. Obama 'finger is not on the trigger.' Everyone knows Obama doesn't want to do anything. The Russian/Syrian plan is to just make promises they will never keep in order to make any action against Syria impossible. At the end of the day, Assad gets away with it and stays in power: Obama looks weak and feckless and loses credibility.Anybody believes Assad and Putin is giving up their WMD because out of the goodness of their hearts ...I have the Brooklyn Bridge to sell you.
Obama's finger on the trigger ..is what's creating this.
Obama tried sanctions and diplomacy? When did he do that? As for the Russian thingie. All that will lead to is what we saw with Saddam in the 1990's--game playing with the UN inspectors and playing for time while essentially nothing is done. It is a win for Russia Syria and a defeat for the US.
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