The President should seek an AUMF v Syria

[Nuclear Unicorn]

I'd wager it would NOT be approved. Then President Obama has a face-saving way out of the corner he painted himself into AND we have the happy result of saddling the GOP with the precedent of a President who did not get congressional authorization and then proceeded to NOT attack.

[Volaris]

1. ayep..

and then it will be time for the GOP lunatics to all run for President again, and the totally ridiculous argument will get made that the current President (oh a Democrat BTW) is a great big wussy because he didn't have the moxy to just tell Congress to go to hell and do what he KNEW was the Moral, Righteous, AMERICAN, Godly thing to do (start another war because it's good for business, you see), and because of that NO DEMOCRAT EVER is qualified to be elected by the American People.

And yeah, it's laughable, until it happens, and we remember that we SAID it would happen, and the bought little bitches in the media just kind of pretend that it didn't REALLY happen, because you know those Crazy Liberals and their "History", and their "Sources" and their whatnot.

Until they start getting called on their hyprocrasy, they won't care, they have no reason too.

But I agree with your idea, and I approve. Also, we shouldn't need a POLITICAL reason for doing so, and I wish we didn't.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. I dare someone to run for POTUS claiming Obama wasn't brave enough to defy 91% who oppose war

[KittyWampus]

3. LOL at watching the shit-flinging in Congress & DU. Is Obama trolling Assad right now?

Someone suggested that.

Surveillance has been trained on Syria and now they might even have a better idea where Assad has chemical weapons etc. after watching troop movements last few days.

[leveymg]

4. It appears Labour will vote against a similar measure in the UK later today.

We should be demanding a Congressional vote on this, anyway, as there is no emergency need to commit US forces.

The Administration needs to release the intercepts it got from the Israelis and whatever other evidence it used to make its own decision. After Iraq, that is essential.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. bump for relevancy