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In response to
"Your second point is what I thought as well. I thought the rebels are pieces of shit too...and that we really didn't want to help them as much as we "
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Jim
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Also..it seems like Obama was fucked no matter what he did on this.
Posted by
Jim (aka Jim)
Sep 10 '13, 09:32
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Act, without Congressional approval and people scream that he didn't get approval.
Act, with Congressional approval and people scream that it's none of our business and we went against the UN and that is bad.
Not act, and he's a pussy who doesn't care about a human right violation.
Get some help to diffuse the situation (whether asked for or just lucky) and he made us look impotent and made Russia stronger...and everyone screams about that.
I'm wondering what was the best course of action for him...cause he was fucked no matter what he did.
To me, you can't scream about Assad still being in power when the alternative (the rebels in this case) are probably just as bad. Then we've assisted the next generation's Al Qaeda. Yay for us!
I mean, what was the alternative that makes people say, "Wow, that was a great job by the President"? I submit that there wasn't one.
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I agree, but also Obama is partly responsible for that no-win situation.
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Roger More
Sep 10, 09:38
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Agree completely. We can blame him for waffling, but every option was a bad one. There is no option without consequences, many of which are
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pmb
Sep 10, 09:36
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word on that IM. -- nm
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Diva
Sep 10, 09:34
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also, act, and Bachmann et al. take a trip to Syria and have a press conference accusing Obama of supporting Islamists. -- nm
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znufrii
Sep 10, 09:33
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Proper fucked, yeah. -- nm
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Beryllium
Sep 10, 09:33
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