Wed August 28, 2013 1:33 pm
Wed August 28, 2013 2:24 pm
broken iris wrote:
So again we play "enemy of my enemy" and end up aligned with Al Qaeda. Because that has worked out so well in the past.
Wed August 28, 2013 3:01 pm
Wed August 28, 2013 3:19 pm
shinkdew wrote:Obama is in a no win situation, it's mostly his own doing though. He's the one who drew a line in the sand and Assad called his bluff. Now he has to do something or every foreign government will know they can do whatever they want without repercussions from the US. So he has to align himself with terrorists or look even more weak than he already does to foreign leaders. I think he'll end up doing what Clinton did and just lob a few missiles into Syria and hope that China or Russia don't take too much offense to it. It won't do anything, but it'll at least make it look like he did something.
Wed August 28, 2013 4:37 pm
broken iris wrote:shinkdew wrote:Obama is in a no win situation, it's mostly his own doing though. He's the one who drew a line in the sand and Assad called his bluff. Now he has to do something or every foreign government will know they can do whatever they want without repercussions from the US. So he has to align himself with terrorists or look even more weak than he already does to foreign leaders. I think he'll end up doing what Clinton did and just lob a few missiles into Syria and hope that China or Russia don't take too much offense to it. It won't do anything, but it'll at least make it look like he did something.
He could let the other NATO countries do the shooting and just provide the logistics/intel support. Much like Japan did in Afghanistan.
Wed August 28, 2013 5:54 pm
broken iris wrote:shinkdew wrote:Obama is in a no win situation, it's mostly his own doing though. He's the one who drew a line in the sand and Assad called his bluff. Now he has to do something or every foreign government will know they can do whatever they want without repercussions from the US. So he has to align himself with terrorists or look even more weak than he already does to foreign leaders. I think he'll end up doing what Clinton did and just lob a few missiles into Syria and hope that China or Russia don't take too much offense to it. It won't do anything, but it'll at least make it look like he did something.
He could let the other NATO countries do the shooting and just provide the logistics/intel support. Much like Japan did in Afghanistan.
Wed August 28, 2013 6:45 pm
shinkdew wrote:Obama is in a no win situation, it's mostly his own doing though. He's the one who drew a line in the sand and Assad called his bluff. Now he has to do something or every foreign government will know they can do whatever they want without repercussions from the US. So he has to align himself with terrorists or look even more weak than he already does to foreign leaders. I think he'll end up doing what Clinton did and just lob a few missiles into Syria and hope that China or Russia don't take too much offense to it. It won't do anything, but it'll at least make it look like he did something.
Thu August 29, 2013 2:51 pm
shinkdew wrote:broken iris wrote:shinkdew wrote:Obama is in a no win situation, it's mostly his own doing though. He's the one who drew a line in the sand and Assad called his bluff. Now he has to do something or every foreign government will know they can do whatever they want without repercussions from the US. So he has to align himself with terrorists or look even more weak than he already does to foreign leaders. I think he'll end up doing what Clinton did and just lob a few missiles into Syria and hope that China or Russia don't take too much offense to it. It won't do anything, but it'll at least make it look like he did something.
He could let the other NATO countries do the shooting and just provide the logistics/intel support. Much like Japan did in Afghanistan.
I think at this point, most people believe NATO = USA.
Fri August 30, 2013 10:35 am
Fri August 30, 2013 12:40 pm
Fri August 30, 2013 1:19 pm
Harry Lime wrote:Isn't it great being the most powerful country in the world?
Fri August 30, 2013 2:06 pm
mookie wrote:I can't help but get a little excited when warships start showing up.
Harry Lime wrote:Isn't it great being the most powerful country in the world?
This is funny because we actually aren't. Korean teenage girls could kick all of our asses according to my sons.
Fri August 30, 2013 2:31 pm
mookie wrote:I can't help but get a little excited when warships start showing up.
Harry Lime wrote:Isn't it great being the most powerful country in the world?
This is funny because we actually aren't. Korean teenage girls could kick all of our asses according to my sons.
Fri August 30, 2013 6:16 pm
Fri August 30, 2013 6:55 pm
Fuck You Jobu wrote:mookie wrote:I can't help but get a little excited when warships start showing up.
Harry Lime wrote:Isn't it great being the most powerful country in the world?
This is funny because we actually aren't. Korean teenage girls could kick all of our asses according to my sons.
wtf?
Mon September 02, 2013 3:54 am
Mon September 02, 2013 8:29 am
Mon September 02, 2013 3:46 pm
Mon September 02, 2013 3:49 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:
Mon September 02, 2013 5:46 pm
simple schoolboy wrote:So, Robot overlords for the sake of consistency?
According to the Guardian's Spencer Ackerman, Secretary of State John Kerry, this morning on CNN, said this when asked whether the Congressional vote would be binding: "[Obama] has the right to do this no matter what Congress does."