Syria vowed to attack Israel in the event it is attacked by the United States, raising the stakes of the rapidly escalating drama in the Middle East.
“We have strategic weapons and we’re capable of responding,” a senior Syrian official said in a radio interview earlier this week, adding that these weapons were currently “aimed at Israel.”
The regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad also vowed to defend itself using “all available means” in the event it came under attack from American military forces.
Meanwhile Russia and China also warned the administration of Barack Obama not to get involved in the conflict – with Russia’s foreign minister stating that “catastrophic” consequences would follow from an international escalation of the Syrian Civil War.
We agree … as we’ve noted on several prior occasions (most recently here and here).
America has no business whatsoever engaging in this conflict. Not only should it refrain from military strikes against Syria, it needs to stop sending arms to the terrorists fighting against Assad’s regime – terrorists who are carrying out all manner of atrocities.
Escalating this conflict will turn the Syrian Civil War into a broader Middle Eastern conflict – and will make Americans more vulnerable to terror attacks moving forward. Furthermore, Obama has no constitutional authority to engage American forces in such a manner.
This is pure madness … all so an increasingly unpopular president can deflect attention from a flood of domestic scandals.
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And that’s exactly what this is. The tail wagging the dog. Better board up your milk factories.
“This is pure madness … all so an increasingly unpopular president can deflect attention from a flood of domestic scandals.” Well said, I feel like I am watching Dr. Strangelove.
Here we go again…
Their all friggin’ crazy over there….always have been…always will be. No matter how many Tomahawks we throw at them.
“Sounds good to me!”
– Senator Lindsay Graham, (R) – South Carolina
Hey. Help me out
Please join me in contacting your representative. Tell the moron’s to stop telling Oshitforbrains he needs approval from congress prior to going to war. Only congress has the authority to declare war on another country. Attacking another country is a declaration of war. This is an impeachable offense. Tell your rep to keep his/her mouth shut. Maybe we can get rid of the little prick.
You obviously have me confused with someone else. I do not consider the President to be a “little prick.”
You want your kids and grandkids to go into another pointless fruitless war?
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen you bagging on Ms. Lindsey for warmongering.
I have pointed out that Graham and McCain, among others, are warmongerers. My original post in this thread is just that. I do not want the United State to get involved in another armed conflict in a Muslim country. However, I am generally a supporter of President Obama, even if not every decision he makes is what I would were I in his shoes.
Fair enough, but did you tell him you don’t want war in Syria? Yes, I did.
Barry’s head is stuffed with Silly Putty instead of brains. But he knows that the most relevant danger to him is — himself. He’s scared, and I mean very scared.
Don’t believe for a minute that BO is capable of thinking through this. Ms. Jarrett is making the calls.
I hope they don’t go through with this. I also hope if they do, Russia and China don’t respond in kind. That wouldn’t be pretty. Damn, c’mon y’all.
Quick Question (No fair using Google.) :
Where was Valerie Jarrett born? (Hint: Not Chicago.)
Bonus Question : At least as a child, what language, other than English, was she fluent in?
hmmm – ? and ?
*Jeopardy Theme*
Answer to Question 1)———- IRAN.
Answer to BONUS Question–FARSI.
Sorry, FITSNEWS doesn’t pay me enough for analysis @ $0.00 per year , so you are stuck with random info.
Perhaps Phillip Branton can enlighten us further with one of his “Socratic Analyses”?
Shifty. How about a leg up here.
Please join me in contacting your representative. Tell the moron’s to stop telling Oshitforbrains he needs approval from congress prior to going to war. Only congress has the authority to declare war on another country. Attacking another country is a declaration of war. This is an impeachable offense. Tell your rep to keep his/her mouth shut. Maybe we can get rid of the little prick.
My wish is that his days are numbered – and that the number is short. He has no clue what leadership is all about. Does anybody in our USA have any confidence in him? It wouldn’t surprise me to hear that he’s getting paranoid. He’s in a period of facing various situations he’s incompetent to deal with. There is absolutely nothing he can do that will not be a mistake. I wonder sometimes how many of his fellow cockroaches wish they were the hell somewhere else – “living in another country – under another name” (Bob Dylan)
This is pure idiocy. I just heard the clip from John McCain saying “if we don’t react, we will lose all credibility”. Listen, John–you and the government have lost all credibility with us over and over. They say “we have evidence!” We had Colin Powell in front of the UN security council in …02? 03?…with little bottles of anthrax, and that was supposed to be proof. I’d like to line up all the liars who baited us into phony wars that killed thousands more of us, over the last twenty years…and uniform them and have them invade on their own. With their own damn boats and planes and guns.
I’m SICK of being at war. I was born in 1948, and arguably, my whole life has been spent in one war or another. I’m sick of it. It needs to end. Now. We need to JUST SAY NO to these people who are always SO happy to be sending someone else off to die so we can “send a message” or “maintain our credibility”. What message? What credibility? It’s all a lie. Every bit of it. And we keep eating the same bait.
Please join me in contacting your representative. Tell the moron’s to stop telling Oshitforbrains he needs approval from congress prior to going to war. Only congress has the authority to declare war on another country. Attacking another country is a declaration of war. This is an impeachable offense. Tell your rep to keep his/her mouth shut. Maybe we can get rid of the little prick.
A bigger threat by Syria might be, “If you attack us, we give our nerve gas weapons to terrorist groups.”