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2013-08-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
France says it could take military action in Syria without Britain
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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-30 05:52|| || Front Page|| [7 views ]  Top

#1 Well, if Phrance goes, that will permit the Champ to follow!
Posted by Bobby 2013-08-30 06:48||   2013-08-30 06:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Be my guest. I've got enough pop-corn.
Posted by AlanC 2013-08-30 07:37||   2013-08-30 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 This I gotta see...
Posted by Steve White 2013-08-30 08:34||   2013-08-30 08:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like they addressed the strongly worded demarche to Cameron, then smuggly told Obummer they are right behind him.
Posted by Mugsy Glink 2013-08-30 08:53||   2013-08-30 08:53|| Front Page Top

#5 "I wouldn't bring up Paris if I were you, it's poor salesmanship".
- Rick
Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-30 09:39||   2013-08-30 09:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't under estimate the French...they had sort of have a victory in military relative to Google...now a search for "French Military Victories" it no long return with the question "Do you mean French military Defeats".
Posted by Jack Salami 2013-08-30 10:10||   2013-08-30 10:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh please BE my guest!

YOU FIRST.
Posted by Ptah 2013-08-30 10:12||   2013-08-30 10:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Well Kerry thinks he's French.
Posted by 3dc 2013-08-30 10:21||   2013-08-30 10:21|| Front Page Top

#9 then smuggly told Obummer they are right behind him.

Obastard can't allow that! How could he then lead from behind?

It's a race for the s#!tty end of the horse.
Posted by AlanC 2013-08-30 10:45||   2013-08-30 10:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey if Saudi wants this so bad... they got a lot of weapons.. including planes... they can get some military experience. After all it is a Sunni Shia proxy war.
Posted by 3dc 2013-08-30 11:29||   2013-08-30 11:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Let's tell the French to attack The Saudis to throw the Russkies off their battle plan.
Posted by Airandee 2013-08-30 11:43||   2013-08-30 11:43|| Front Page Top

#12 The Brits exercised a bit of common sense yesterday. I suspect that even most donks in our Congress would have better sense if Obama allowed them to vote on it which is most likely why he won't. That's really stupid because it would give him a face saving way out of the corner into which he's painted himself. But we can always count on the Champ to do the dumbest thing possible.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-08-30 11:44||   2013-08-30 11:44|| Front Page Top

#13 And that corner is getting very tight. If he orders a strike without Congressional approval, is the order legal? If the order is refused, what action would be taken? If a court martial, could the defendant ask for removal to civilian court because of undue command influence? How would SCOTUS deal with that? Lots of bad things can happen and not all in the Middle East.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2013-08-30 12:07||   2013-08-30 12:07|| Front Page Top

#14 Chancing a conflict with the Russian navy over what? Absolute total insanity, but then again it is the Champ, and a 'crisis' is needed.
Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-30 12:16||   2013-08-30 12:16|| Front Page Top

#15 "The death toll in Chicago Syria is a moral obscenity." John Kerry
Posted by Lionel Snirt6165 2013-08-30 12:29||   2013-08-30 12:29|| Front Page Top

#16 If he orders a strike without Congressional approval, is the order legal?

I dunno. Might be a good question.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-08-30 13:28||   2013-08-30 13:28|| Front Page Top

#17 I noticed is Kerry's news conference today he mentioned the "mistake of Iraq" in ref to WMD. Perhaps someone should introduce him to the work of Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha al-Azawi.
Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-30 13:40||   2013-08-30 13:40|| Front Page Top

#18 The way I understand it the President has all the lee-way in the world to take military action for something like 90 days after which he must request Congress approval. If he can be done before then he can ignore Congress.
Posted by rjschwarz 2013-08-30 14:31||   2013-08-30 14:31|| Front Page Top

#19 Which side are worse the Sunni Jihadis or the Assad regime?
Posted by Paul D 2013-08-30 16:25||   2013-08-30 16:25|| Front Page Top

#20 Knock yerself out, Froggy.
Posted by Muggsey Mussolini 2013-08-30 16:29||   2013-08-30 16:29|| Front Page Top

#21 Paul, both are equally bad. That is why I am in favor of sitting back, watching both sides bleed each other white, and waiting until they are both gone.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-08-30 17:34||   2013-08-30 17:34|| Front Page Top

#22 Totally agree with you Rambler so why do Obama and France want to get involved?
Posted by Paul D 2013-08-30 17:44||   2013-08-30 17:44|| Front Page Top

#23 Crazy how Barry has spent the last 5 years snubbing the British, then get pissy when they are not interested in Valerie and BO's Excellent Adventure.

I don't get France's interest. Libya, yes. Syria, why?

Obama Doctrine and the Media:
Posted by swksvolFF 2013-08-30 18:25||   2013-08-30 18:25|| Front Page Top

#24 I don't get France's interest. Ex-protectorate of France. (nie colony)
Posted by 3dc 2013-08-30 19:12||   2013-08-30 19:12|| Front Page Top

#25 The French must be watching out for their trade interest, I guess.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-08-30 19:37||   2013-08-30 19:37|| Front Page Top

#26 Lucy and the football come to mind
Posted by Kelly 2013-08-30 19:40||   2013-08-30 19:40|| Front Page Top

#27 Don't fergit the Crusades, espec the France-based Knights Templars + other.

IMO the greater worry is alleged Marxist-Anarchist-Globalist Obama's support or adherence to a OWG-NWO where so-called OWG Global Federal Unions are dominated or controlled by one or more US-style "Co-Superpowers" - by this scope, iff one believes that the post-9-11 USA is the "tip of the spear" in setting up OWG = Space Govt-Order, then its possible that it is the Bammer's = USA's interests to ENSURE THAT SHIA IRAN BECOMES THE WORLD'S FIRST DE FACTO ISLAMIC SUPERPOWER, + THAT CHINA DE FACTO GETS 1/2 OR MORE OF THE PACIFIC INCLUD INDIAN OCEAN REGIONS.

The above in turn infers that for other World States or Great Powers to become a Globalist "Co-Superpower" in the US mode, THE SUPERPOWER USA PER SE MUST UNILATERALLY GIVE UP POWER-N-INFLUENCE/AUTHORITY IN SELECT OR RELEVANT REGIONS.

OBAMA'S JOB THEN BECOMES MAKING THE LOSS OF US POWER-N-INFLUENCE/AUTHORITY ACCEPTABLE OR REASONABLE TO THE US MAINSTREAM = VOTERS.

E.G. ...
> THE US CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO GO TO WAR = ENGAGE IN ANY SORT OF PROTRACTIVE OR LIMITED MILITARY ACTION.
> THE SEQUESTER = ONGOING DEBT, BUDGET CRISES.
> THE AMERICAN = AMERIKAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF WAR = WAGING THE GWOT, + "ITS TIME TO END IT".

SEVEN [or More?] OWG GLOBAL NUCLEAR "CO-SUPERPOWERS" FOR SEVEN CONTINENTS = SEVEN OWG GLOBAL FEDERAL UNIONS.

OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO SYRIA OR IRAN OR AGZ CHINA TO KILL, HE'S GOING THERE TO INTENTIONALLY BE KILLED = UNILATERALLY BUT PCORRECTLY-DENIABLY SACRIFICE US POWER + CREDIBILITY, IN THE NAME OF THE MARXIST-ANARCHIST-GLOBALIST AGENDA.

Lest we fergit, "STAR WARS" PREQUEL BABE PADME AMYGDALA = "SO THIS IS HOW FREEDOM/DEMOCRACY ENDS - WID APPLAUSE" = ys-yes-Yes-YES-YYYESSS ........@ETC. WILD MASS PUBLIC/VOTER APPROVAL!

HUGS + KUMBAYAH.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-08-30 19:58||   2013-08-30 19:58|| Front Page Top

#28 Knock out a few planes, ammo depots, and make some runways unusable for a while, will level the playing field a bit.
Posted by phil_b 2013-08-30 20:02||   2013-08-30 20:02|| Front Page Top

#29 * See also MIDDLE EAST ONLINE > HOLLANDE: SYRIA STRIKE COULD COME BY WEDNESDAY, when the French Parliament formally meets in emergency Syria session.

* RELATED JAPAN TIMES > OBAMA PREPARES TO GO IT ALONE ON SYRIA IFF NECESSARY, after the UK opts out of participation in any MilAction agz Baby Assad.

* DAILY STAR LEBANON > NATO WILL NOT TAKE PART IN SYRIA STRIKE.

* AL-ARABIYA > [Turkey's] ERDOGAN WANTS SYRIA REGIME CHANGE[remove Assad], NOT LIMITED STRIKES.

Again, iff the Bammer is covertly supporting or adhering to the Globalist agenda of a OWG + "Multipolar World" dominated by MULTIPLE GLOBAL "CO-SUPERPOWERS", THEN THE BRITS, GERMANY, + NATO MAY ACTUALLY BE MAKING THE "SMART MOVE" BY NOT JOINING THE US IN COALITION SINCE THE OBAMA-LED US WILL BE ATTACKING SYRIA [Iran = NucProg?] TO BE DEFEATED OR DETRIMENTALLY STALEMATED, HUMILIATED IN SUPPORT OF EMPOWERING + PROMOTING FUTURE OWG "CO-SUPERPOWERS" IRAN + CHINA, ETAL???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-08-30 23:40||   2013-08-30 23:40|| Front Page Top

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