To start with it’s not in the constitution to be the world’s policeman. In fact, it takes the approval of Congress to wage war.
He bungled it by drawing a line in the sand he didn’t have the legal or moral authority to make. He fucked it up and then tried to drag Congress in to back up the mistake. That’s bungle number 2. There is no clear mission here with a specified outcome and there is no clear group of people to support. We would be helping another Bin Laden like group if we intervene.
Your crusade to walk through Obama’s crap and tell us how good it smells is interesting but not logical.
You have begun your argument with a sentiment that is more an ideal than having any basis in reality or fact.
I know of no precedent where a US President ordered a brand new military action and the Joint Chiefs refused to execute the command because it has not been passed by both houses of Congress.
And military action has been taken without authorization from Congress numerous times in history.
Obama has precedent on his side, the rest of your case has no foundation and crumbles under the weight of actual history.
I think what friend Buck is getting at is some idea of what you might have done differently. You tell us most firmly that you would not have done all the stupid things Obama has done, but are a bit light on telling us the brilliantly intelligent things President Terr would have done.
Things which, apparently, are neither needless military aggression, while simultaneously not looking weak and vacillating. Since everything that Obama has done fails to meet your exacting standards, perhaps you could outline what you would have done, that we can make fair-minded comparison?
What if he had done nothing at all, did not respond in any way? Would you be down here lauding his brilliant plan of nothing? I am willing to entertain the notion that “nothing” might have been exactly the right thing. Is that what you have to offer?
Numbers one and two are, once again, telling us what you wouldn’t have done. Hence, they are irrelevant to my question, and simply put the hamsters into needless effort.
So, really, the only pillar of your agenda is to “sit back and watch”. Effectively, do nothing. So, that’s what you got? You got “nothing”?
I didn’t say they were. What I said was I’m pretty sure that had Obama done nothing (or basically anything else), the Republicans would still be blasting him exactly the same. They probably would have said he should have drawn a red line in the sand over chemical weapons and pounded Syria for using the things against civilians. Basically, no matter what he did, he was going to get hammered from the partisan crowd on the other side.
