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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou all do realize that if McCain or Romney were the President---bombs would have already fallen.
SO ---can't we give Obama credit for that not happening?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)the Damascus attack.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Obama gets a lot of crap for proposing doing something that he winds up not doing in the end, heh.
Let's hope this is one of those instances!
trumad
(41,692 posts)joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Such as the case of Chained-CPI.
I think in this case he thought he had the backing of the American people, or at least wanted to throw a balloon trial out there. But deep down he doesn't want to do anything, and is afraid to appear weak on the world stage.
jessie04
(1,528 posts)I've read more negative RW crap about Obama HERE than about the sicko dictator Assad .
Yes, repugs aren't the only one who engage in cannabalism.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)But I think what you see is people who don't agree with you. Making ugly comments about this community and the way the admins run this site is an interesting way to persuade.
jessie04
(1,528 posts)nt
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Which, opposition to war mongering, is by characterized by you as "rightwing".
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Unsupported sliming of DU and those who run it. Because some do not agree with you, you attack and characterize. It is ugly.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)or it used to be.
This isn't about politicians, it is about LIVES, human beings. I remember when you would not find one supporter for ME invasions on this forum.
It's disturbing now to see some here so supportive of what Democrats voted to try to end.
I hope the President did this to find a way NOT to interfere where we have no business interfering and let Congress end any more talk of this.
If you care so much about dictators, I have a list for you. Way worse than Syria. But some of them are our ALLIES so I guess we turn a blind eye to massacres depending on where they are and who is responsible.
Eg, there was no doubt, as there is with Syria, that Karamov of Uzbekistan killed his own people simply for peacefully protesting. Yet we send him money every year and have been completely silent about this particularly brutal dictator.
So the world knows the US doesn't care about 'massacres'. We haven't prosecuted our own War Criminals and we support Dictators with arms and money.
So let's show we really do care by completely changing our Foreign policies, end all of our support for Dictators around the world and start prosecuting our War Criminals who have been allowed to go free without any fear of 'consequences'.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)If it were up to McCain we would still be in Iraq, would be increasing forces in Afghanistan and might have invaded Iran. We would also have boots on the ground in Libya and Egypt.
trumad
(41,692 posts)The guy is a Ne0-Con on Steroids.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)We are all Georgians now.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)To many to keep track of.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Those urging judicious thinking are boosting the Obama method?
trumad
(41,692 posts)but I think the dude ain't a happy trigger fool like McCain and Romney.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)They agree with MittCain. It's fairly clear.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)Lessor of two evils?
Wonderful.
trumad
(41,692 posts)the other is.
true?
99Forever
(14,524 posts)... and it's itching.
Seems you didn't catch (or are deliberately ignoring) the Weasel Words part of his "call for Congressional authorization" speech, eh?
Wadda surprise.
trumad
(41,692 posts)The other guys would have pulled it 2 months ago.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)Save it for the True Believers, the rest of us are not buying it anymore.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)No matter how many times the lying liars try to pretend it isn't so, that truth is the truth.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)All they want to do is attack, attack, attack, and post all kinds of BS from sources that are so questionable even faux news wouldn't use them, simply because for some reasons they just can't stand the president. These people have gone off the deep end, and there is no coming back. They are so obvious with their ODS that anyone can tell they have their own agenda, and nothing can change their minds. It's really getting pathetic if you ask me.
he ain't done shit yet...but boy have they thrown him off the bus.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)Under the bus, and ran over him a few hundred times, and still they are not happy! ODS is a terrible thing to have.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)do you think if people just STFU like many here would have us do that we wouldn't be seeing some shockingly awesome missile strikes by now?
Safetykitten
(5,162 posts)and then earth was in that certain spot...when the earth formed, we would have a pink sky.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)they would have bombed Iran.
HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)being mere playgrounds compared to the 'big prize.'
We'd currently be bogged down around a little town on the Volga called Stalingrad, probably with the same results as v 1.0.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)I think going to congress was the right thing to do on many levels. I'm still against a war on Syria, congressional approval or not.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)now and let this play out.
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)...the ***lyal group would have opened a privatized prison recruited military. Who would be running around a foreign country spreading American good cheer at the point of a bayonet, right now.
Romney was/is a fanatic of PAX AMERICANA
BootinUp
(47,187 posts)Syria would have happened months ago.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)it's, apparently, for the wrong reason.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023574727
Sid
daleo
(21,317 posts)Obama has been like most Democratic presidents of my time - less eager for war, thinks harder about it, tries to keep it more limited, but is still somewhat susceptible to the sire sound of war drums. I give him credit for that, as I gave Carter and Clinton credit.
polichick
(37,152 posts)going to Congress.
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)When in reality, many probably want him to do just that . That's because bombing Syria, at least in their eyes, would feed into their narrative that Obama is evil/Third way/GOP, or whatever the slur of the day is.