There have been any number of movies portraying the American military as inept, bloodthirsty, bent on killing, incompetent, blundering, blithering idiots.
And frequently those adjectives are completely applicable to the civilian overlords of our military forces. To wit, from Bloomberg.com:
Today, we are not in Syria nor have we bombed.
I suspect because, primarily, the UK bowed out of this option.
Cameron’s nonbinding motion was defeated 285-272 and he conceded after the vote that “the British Parliament, reflecting the views of the British people, does not want to see British military action.”
So, is Mr Obama a coward, is it indecision or is it a head-fake?
BZ
Various leaks on Wednesday indicate that America will begin bombing Syria some time on Thursday — to include drones, cruise missiles and long range bombers.
This information was revealed in many major media newspapers on Wednesday, to include such details as the length of time — three days — and some of the targets themselves. Means and manner.
How stunningly incompetent is this — ? To secrete information as to pre-announce a strike on a sovereign nation in a leaked-media fashion?
Even White House flack Jay Carney has said that DC is not interested in “regime change.” Meaning: DC is not interested in unseating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as he rests in Damascus.
I ask: if you, Mr Obama, are uninterested in going to the core of the problem, then why make an incursion or even an event at all? What will it truly accomplish? If there is no regime change, then there is no point.
Only one thing: a redemption of sorts for a president who opened his mouth too early and drew a line — a red line — in the sand. If Mr Obama hadn’t proclaimed his sphincter dribble he wouldn’t feel compelled now to confirm his Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Mr Obama’s so-called “policy” is arbitrary and incoherent.
And where are the anti-war protesters storming DC because of Obama’s sabre-rattling?
Oh, right: to question Mr Obama in any way would be racist.
But I’m questioning:
Where is the Congressional sign-off or authorization on this? The president is acting unilaterally, just as he accused — as a senator — George Bush of doing.
In DC today, Obama said he has not yet “made a decision” on Syria. If so, one of two things are occurring here:
1. He is lying, or
2. He is incredibly, staggeringly incompetent
In any case, just who — what side — is America supporting in Syria, and why?
No one in DC can answer that one simple question. Except: does Obama realize he appears to be supporting al Qaeda?
Joe Biden already said, in 2007, that an attack on any country absent Congressional approval is an IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE:
Really? And how do you feel now, sir, absent Congressional approval involving Syria?
Not so much, sir? A hypocrite, sir? Lying between your teeth, sir? Politics trumping all, sir?
You’re simply a badly-hair-plugged buffoon, and way overpaid. As are the rest of your DC cohorts. On roughly both sides of the aisle.
Because you have no consequences. You have no responsibilities, no answering, no culpability, no liability, no exposure, no imperative. No ACCOUNTABILITY.
The droids in DC are answerable and accountable to no one.
Their only concern is to acquire a check and to cash said check.
People can die. People have died. But no one cares and no one sees.
I have never been as disappointed in my country as now, under the reign (not “leadership”) of Barack Hussein Obama, because he is NO leader. He is: Barry Soetoro.
A major week this will be.
BZ
Kerry has said: “the bombing begins Thursday.”
Here is an important headline from Tuesday, from the UK Telegraph:
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 12:00PM BST 27 Aug 2013
The revelations come amid high tension in the Middle East, with US, British, and French warship poised for missile strikes in Syria. Iran has threatened to retaliate.
The strategic jitters pushed Brent crude prices to a five-month high of $112 a barrel. “We are only one incident away from a serious oil spike. The market is a lot tighter than people think,” said Chris Skrebowski, editor of Petroleum Review.
Leaked transcripts of a closed-door meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan shed an extraordinary light on the hard-nosed Realpolitik of the two sides.
That said, where does it leave the United States? Hanging precariously? Promises of oil contracts denied? Broken?
Or does Saudi Arabia fear Russia — and its potential response — more than it fears the United States?
President Putin has long been pushing for a global gas cartel, issuing the `Moscow Declaration’ last to month “defend suppliers and resist unfair pressure”. This would entail beefing up the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), a talking shop.
Apparently, a clear Russian intervention if the US and/or other countries involve themselves in Syria.
The Putin-Bandar meeting was stormy, replete with warnings of a “dramatic turn” in Syria. Mr Putin was unmoved by the Saudi offer, though western pressure has escalated since then. “Our stance on Assad will never change. We believe that the Syrian regime is the best speaker on behalf of the Syrian people, and not those liver eaters,” he said, referring to footage showing a Jihadist rebel eating the heart and liver of a Syrian soldier.
Prince Bandar in turn warned that there can be “no escape from the military option” if Russia declines the olive branch. Events are unfolding exactly as he foretold.
Are you listening, Mr Obama?
BZ
Map of the Middle East, Syria in the center. Click to expand.
Apparently so.
As I am still in LE, I still have sources around the nation from the contacts I’ve made over the years, both in the civilian LE side and the military side. Those sources also occasionally have three letters.
Two of those persons are telling me that the US is silently marshaling its forces for a possible incursion into Syria. Special Forces are being alerted first.
UK media is already broadcasting this belief.
I remain unconvinced that American soldiers placed into Syria solve anything. And I remain unconvinced that many videos and photographs of this “gas attack” were not staged.
BZ
