"What is the Obama administration plan in Syria?"
It depends on whom you ask and when.
At 9 p.m. Tuesday, President Obama, in his address to the nation, said that he had “asked the leaders of Congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force.”
This contradicted what his secretary of state, John Kerry, had said in testimony to Congress just 11 hours earlier. “We’re not asking Congress not to vote,” Kerry told the House Armed Services Committee. “I’m not asking [for] delay,” he added later.
The administration’s frequent shifts convey the feeling that it is a spectator observing world affairs. Russia is drafting a proposal. France is taking a different proposal to the United Nations. And the people’s House has returned to its previously scheduled program: holding votes undoing Obamacare.
Care to take a guess how it will turn out?
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Smoke some primo bud, knock back a couple of 40s, do some fund raising, hit the links - just like any other day. Maybe hang with the brothers - you know, his pals, the Muslim Brotherhood. Got to keep it real.
Putin must not believe his luck.
He'll be playing these 2 morons well into next year.
We will not bomb, but Obama will grab the lifeline of removing wmd from Syria, via Putin, Assad will remain in Power.
Not luck, my dear Edward, but mad KGB skillz.
Putin is lucky to be up against some of the least intelligent, non-strategic, dim-witted "leaders" he has ever encountered. Thanks, Obama voters. You make Putin's job a lot easier.
It requires no skills at all to outplay those morons - a child could outwit ol' jug ears.
deborah said...
Not luck, my dear Edward, but mad KGB skillz.
No, he took the opening Lurch gave him when he shot his mouth off and just ran with it, knowing it was an offer Choom couldn't refuse.
The Commies, in the end, are gangsters and they play it that way.
Putin must not believe his luck.
Seriously. We have a bunch of posturing, self important, totally ignorant, emotionally stunted people running this country. They are so un-serious about anything except retaining their own power. They refuse to listen to any other experts in diplomacy or anything else.....because THEY are just the smartest people evah!!
It is like we are on an out of control train manned by snotty junior high kids.
Meanwhile....the rest of the world leaders, while also interested in maintaining their control and power, are playing a masterful game of politics and outmaneuvering our clown posse and laughing all the while at their good fortune to be pitted against these laughing stocks.
We are so scre......oh heck...forget it ....we know.
Rand Paul's Response to Obama's Syria Speech.
(caution - if you are Chris Matthews, your head might explode)
PS True to form, a little salt in the wound.
And something to remember the Alamo.
Masterful post, DBQ.
Was it a poster here who said yesterday that Putin wishes for a Nixon with whom to negotiate?
We will not bomb, but Obama will grab the lifeline of removing wmd from Syria, via Putin, Assad will remain in Power
And everyone will still retain their weapons of mass destruction. You know those that stooopid Boooosh said Sadam had sent to Syria and everyone on the left laughed at him? The ability to get rid of these weapons is beyond the capabilities of Russia or the US. Logistically it is near impossible.
So...nothing really changes in the situation in the Middle East, except Putin looks like a strong evil genius and Obama looks like a Howdy Doody puppet.
Continue on with the war.
" are playing a masterful game of politics and outmaneuvering our clown posse and laughing all the while at their good fortune to be pitted against these laughing stocks."
Well, at least there's that. It's good they can be brought to heel like the little bitches they are.
Obama is thinking this: "I wish that fucking Kerry would shut his mouth. It's hard enough for me to talk without having Kerry's foot in my mouth."
1) There will be no attacks from us.
2) Assad will win his civil war.
3) Assad or someone worse in Syria will still have tons of WMDs 10 years from now.
4) The people in power both here and in Russia, as well as the Press, the Democrats, and the libertarians will all say "great job!"
5) Chemical weapons - the stated point of all this - will not be affected.
On the day we remember those who died on 911, perhaps we can all stand together...liberals and conservatives...and ask that the politicians and pundits of both sides stop getting us involved in foreign entanglements that lead to endless hatred. It is time to look within and leave the problems of places like Syria to the people who live there.
deborah said...
Was it a poster here who said yesterday that Putin wishes for a Nixon with whom to negotiate?
At this point, he'd settle for Willie Whitewater trying to free Pussy Riot.
The funny part is, since WWII, with the possible exception of Bush 41, the Rs have put up some pretty good men in that arena.
As far as I can remember, the last good one the Demos had was James Polk.
AllenS said...
Obama is thinking this: "I wish that fucking Kerry would shut his mouth. It's hard enough for me to talk without having Kerry's foot in my mouth."
Obama is thinking this: "I wish that fucking Kerry would shut his mouth. It's hard enough for me to put my foot in my mouth without having Kerry's foot in my mouth."
FIFY
If someone would just post a bad Youtube video and blame Assad for it, the thug would be in jail already.
A Harold Lloyd movie.
The video of Barack and Kerry's own words is just unbelievable
Meanwhile, Putin likes playing with Obama.
It's the "Just Kidding" foreign policy doctrine.
"There is a red line in the sand: No chemical weapons can be used!"
Months later: "Just kidding!"
...
"If they give up there weapons, we will let it slide."
Two hours later: "Just kidding, no we won't!"
Six hours later: "Just kidding again, yes we will."
...
"We are not asking Congress to delay their vote."
11 hours later: Just kidding, yes we are asking for Congress to delay their vote."
...
NOTE: All the "Eleven hours later" stuff should be done in the faux-Jacques Cousteau voice as used similarly on SpongeBob SquarePants.
I don't think the "Just kidding" foreign policy is going to hold up as well as the Monroe Doctrine, TR's Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick Doctrine, and certainly won't hold up as well the ABC-1 Staff Agreement did in WWII.
This is going to look more like the pacifist crap that went down in the 1920s, or Neville Chamberlain's appeasement strategy, only writ much smaller.
As far as I can remember, the last good one the Demos had was James Polk.
I disagree. FDR did a pretty good job. He was fighting massive headwinds domestically that wanted the US to stay out of everything. Those headwinds didn't disappear until after Pearl Harbor got bombed.
All the "Eleven hours later" stuff should be done in the faux-Jacques Cousteau voice as used similarly on SpongeBob SquarePants.
Lurch speaks French: cheerbit
Man, you're a meanie, chick...lol. It's perfect. You need to do some new ones!
Evi, that was indeed a hard video to watch. Especially the parts where the Administration's positions change completely within a space of hours.
What tools.
I watched the speech and I realized how utterly outgunned and outclassed this retard of a human being we call a president ended up being. Putin played him like a little bitch and are all made the lesser for it. This was the captivating moment when you can finally cement how utterly incompetent and dangerous this man, this president, and this administration are and have been to this country. This point in time is the definitive hallmark of seeing your nation recede before your very eyes. That it's diminishment is now at the hands of the cabal between Urkel's total incompetence and the rise of Russia, China, and their proxies Iran and Syria. How in the name of fuck did this utterly failing moron called Obama let this happen? We all know how.
I'm finding it hard to even cheer for the U.S. to win.
What use do I have for a country that has made straight white men into the scapegoat for all the evil in the world?
I.e., George Zimmerman, the moron who still thinks there's a reason to save his community from black thug burglars, or to save car accident victims.
This country is headed for the fate of Rhodesia, led by greedy, self-serving bitches like Ann Althouse.
It's time, boys to absorb the Zimmerman lesson.
Great vid, Evi, thanks :)
Democrats elevate fellow political pals and back-scratchers to positions of power because political pay-back and loyalty trump all. Party loyalty is everything to the left. Experience and competence are not important. The media will fill in the blanks and provide cover.
Hillary and Kerry have no business as Secretary of State.
I'm finished playing the White Knight on a domestic level, and on the international level.
Look at the fate of that fucking fool, George Zimmerman, boys. Better yet, check out the orgy of assaults and murders of whites being committed by blacks across the U.S., spurred on by the signals from the White House and the Attorney General, and unreported by the media.
This is what the race hustlers, fag hags and feminazes have been trying to achieve, and they have succeeded.
If you're straight, white & male, why give a fuck about this country any more?
Yes, ST, what the hell was up with those blacks attacking whites at the Wisconsin State Fair a couple years ago? That was out of nowhere.
what the hell was up with those blacks attacking whites at the Wisconsin State Fair a couple years ago? That was out of nowhere.
Actually, it didn't come from nowhere. The progressives have been fomenting racial discord for quite some time now. It IS the plan, you know, to keep the blacks subjugated into permanent victim status and keep them as a reliable uneducated propagandized voting block. The progressives don't want to see whites and blacks getting along or working towards any common goals. That would loosen their stranglehold on keeping the reins of power.
It's been a long time coming
Shouting Thomas has it correct.
You will be destroyed if you even try to defend yourself while a member of one of the privileged classes tries to kill you.
However
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."
Shouting Thomas said...
If you're straight, white & male, why give a fuck about this country any more?
Because you live here, too?
Althouse has her good and bad points, like all humans.
Unfortunately, her worst feature, which is her determination to destroy human tradition to further her and her sons' ambitions has overshadowed everything.
She wants to force us all into the world of the intellectual and hyper-rationalist inside her skull. She's like half a person.
It seems impossible for her to even comprehend the catastrophe she and her comrades are advancing by destroying the human traditions of marriage, family and sexuality. She's so proud of her intellect that she's something of an idiot when it comes to the world outside her skull.
Because you live here, too?
Joining Fred Reed in Mexico or living with my girlfriend's family in the Philippines is looking more and more attractive.
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."
I fear it is becoming too late for that. How many rounds of ammo and whatever vehicles did Homeland Security buy? How do we go against a government that controls the internet and our addiction to tech?
A profound world-wide crash will allow them to mow us down like animals if we try to rebel. It's called efficiency, the watch-word of the future. Everything comes down to efficiency.
And as Icepick says above, the haves have a vested interest in not rebelling. We'll always need a professional class of medical personnel, scientists, drug makers, energy producers, etc. to have conveniences.
It's coming down to a re-do of the medieval wild west for the under-classes. That's why they must have medical care and basics.
Shouting Thomas said...
Althouse has her good and bad points, like all humans.
I'm amused by her ongoing War On Shorts. She probably has men in her own family who wear shorts and yet she gleefully mocks them.
On the other hand she may have cowed them into sartorial conformity. When was the last time you saw a photo of Meade in shorts?
Maybe she's a secret Trekkie. It's okay for Yeoman Rand to wear a short skirt, but the guys have to wear pants.
Your gal O'Bagy fired for lying on resume.
She of the Syrian war rationale cited by our outfoxed Preezy.
@deborah: My theory is that men in shorts remind her of male body hair which she loathes. She can't seriously suggest that men shave their legs, so she prefers that they just cover up.
I used the term "your gal" sooper loosely.
O'Bagy under the bus?! How surreal.
Chick, it may be time to develop an Althouse compendium.
I think she's said often enough it's about looking like babies.
While your theory is interesting, it lacks any proof whatever that she is not into male body hair.
Yes, ST, what the hell was up with those blacks attacking whites at the Wisconsin State Fair a couple years ago? That was out of nowhere.
That wasn't out of nowhere. It was because of the deep past of slavery in Wisconsin. Or something. Whatevs.
Think of the Long March, the American Revolution and various other insurgencies throughout history. Bands of determined fighters have overcome forces thought to be more powerful than the rebels.
Plus, think about where the military gets most of its recruits - the south. We have not forgotten, nor are we likely to, the recent unpleasantness between the states. I would not count on the armed forces uniformly attacking the American people. Can't rule it out, but you never know until you get there.
Let us hope we never get there.
And yes, I know Wisconsin wasn't a slave state. Wanna take bets on whether the perps knew that?
Well, I take that back. You talk with authority. Did she talk of that often?
While your theory is interesting, it lacks any proof whatever that she is not into male body hair.
@deborah: Exhibits A & B: link
Sixty Grit said...
Think of the Long March, the American Revolution and various other insurgencies throughout history. Bands of determined fighters have overcome forces thought to be more powerful than the rebels.
On this we agree.
This fight is a long way from over.
Your gal O'Bagy fired for lying on resume.
I wondered why I couldn't find out more about her bio when I was looking. Turns out she was hiding things so that they didn't get more exposure. Oops.
For whatever reason, Althouse has just decided that she'll never travel again. Ergo all travel is bad. That's the mindset and there's no reasoning with it. Ever. Over anything.
Not only does the south birth most of the soldiers but the south has soil that drains!!!
This fight is a long way from over.
It is at the ballot box. Whether or not it gets taken up elsewhere is another matter.
Shouldn't be a but in that previous post. Shane on me! I mean shame on me! Oy!!
@ricpic
This is not as small an issue as you think.
In my little hometown, we called women like Althouse sissies!
She's been writing a lot lately about how satisfying she finds sitting in her office and contemplating the paper clips.
The world of action, rough and tumble action, that I grew up in is alien and frightening to her.
I've struggled for some time to understand how an upper middle class white woman like her decided she was "oppressed" when she was a kid. She grew up in circumstances so much better than mine that that contention is ridiculous. Then she morphed into asserting that her son, the spawn of upper middle class white professionals, is "oppressed."
I have often thought she was just fucking crazy, but the reality is probably that the rough and tumble world I grew up seems terrifying to a sissy girl. And the usual insults, bumps and bruises that she and her son suffer, which just seem like normal life to me, seem overwhelmingly brutal to her.
deborah said...
O'Bagy under the bus?! How surreal.
Pasta's story a few days ago looks prescient.
HELP! POLICE!
Remember that video? Classic.
I was expecting the water pic to be some sort of super-hairy guy, but it was of two innocent men with natural, and nowhere-near abundant, body hair.
Maybe she should keep her opinions to herself about other people's bodies.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/125/explorer-moment-of-the-week-gallery/#/hussin-brothers-floating_69319_600x450.jpg
I still prefer the rough and tumble world of action to sitting in an office and contemplating the paper clips!
Pasta's post was hilarious. Did he suggest she'd be thrown under the bus, or do you mean that he zeroed in on her?
PS...your theory looks as if it holds water.
Laterz for now :)
Lem, why dint your 3:26 post?
I show 1:32, and 1:32 + 2:00 = 3:32.
And 3:32 > 3:26 thus it should have posted and I should see it, thus a mystery arises. Could the date be another? Is it not two hours ahead? Did Lem hit publish? Is this fake out Chip day? Has the time setting changed? Is everybody ditching me again like before? Is this the torments of childhood resurfacing again to vex me? Does this mean another round of therapy?Must I just wait around and relax and let everything sort itself? Do I have to keep asking these questions? Is this thing really on?
oic, it's a draft.
deborah said...O'Bagy under the bus?! How surreal.
Yep, surreal's the word.
But it seems to work for Obama and the Democrats, so maybe we too should follow their trusted plan for living -- from Through the Looking-Glass:
"I'm just one hundred and one, five months and a day."
"I can't believe that!" said Alice.
"Can't you?" the Queen said in a pitying tone. "Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes."
Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said: "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Now, draw a long breath and shut your eyes...
Thanks, Lydia, spot on :)
It's called efficiency, the watch-word of the future. Everything comes down to efficiency.
Ha! We were shown interdepartmental coordinated efficiency. It amounts to very large unassailable trucks and hundreds of strike force uniformed men standing around sipping coffee, going house to house making sure everyone is behaved.
Until it gets dark.
Then exercise halts! And the perp is easily routed, even better, more efficiently, quite expediently, without their coordinated efforts.
We saw rent seekers in uniforms. And loyalty to uniform is rapidly becoming a quaint idea of a forgotten past.
Want to hear something prosaic unrelated that I think is funny? Okay.
I was shopping a few days ago and struck up a conversation with an attractive young lesbian stacking up meats reduced for fast sale. That's what our conversation was about. I was struck by her youth when she presumed to carefully explain to me the faint change in color.
I said something I never said or thought or imagined before and it felt so odd coming out of my mouth.
"A long time ago, most likely before you were born..."
Then went on about marbling meat with examples right there, and about Prime, never seen in stores like the one she works everyday, but available elsewhere.
So young she has no way to know how life was before nudging, and constant nagging, year upon year upon decade dietary fat is derided, butter demonized, eggs traduced, back and forth between fatal harvests, no way to know what chicken is supposed to taste like and when shown those real things have only an improper faulted gauge for all things like this that are gone, such as right to bear arms. There is no way for her to know her loss once born into new normal. She has no idea, no way to know, the potential that was forfeited for her by others for her own good, the income she would have had, the savings she could have accumulated, the flavors she would have tasted, the deliciously fat ribeye she'll never have.
Trooper - right on the money.
Chip you should only ask the lesbians about the fish.
Jeez.
Chip, you geezer.
Yesterday at Walmart I chose eggs by the closest to free-range, although I'm probably very wrong to do so. Since I didn't find free-range (which probably means feeding in a dioxin-saturated field on radioactive insects) I chose cage-free (which is probably worse than commodious cages).
I try to avoid soy because it can mimic estrogen somehow. BUT I love milk,and it's gotta have a ton of natural hormones, as does cheese.
SIGH. I think you feel my pain above all others here, Chip.
I did like Borowitz the other day. Thought he nailed it.
Back to the subject. As someone else wrote, the Russians have Dr. Evil; we have Pee Wee Herman—except I think Pee Wee rode a boy's bike, not a girl's model.
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