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| Cornel West: It's "Grounds For Impeachment" If Obama Bombs Syria | |
| 2013-09-09 | |
| [BUZZFEED] One of President B.O.'s most prominent critics on the black left said Sunday that a strike on Syria in the face of Congressional disapproval would be "dictatorial" -- and grounds for impeachment. Dictators aren't constrained by any silly legislatures. "It doesn't make sense to commit more war crimes," Cornel West said Sunday on the syndicated radio show Smiley and West, to an approving response from host Tavis Smiley, who has also been consistently critical of Obama. Gassing civilians, for that matter gassing anyone, is in fact considered a war crime. The two men, leading black public intellectuals, have emerged as controversial figures in a community whose support for the first black president is overwhelming. West, in response, has recently attacked other black leaders for what he views as their reflexive support for Obama. "It would be an illegal war. It would be an immoral war for the United States to begin bombing and sending missiles to Syria and killing more innocent people," said West, who is a professor of philosophy at Princeton University. You have to chug a beer. It's a standing rule at the 'Burg, every time somebody burps out "immoral, illegal war." That was true five years ago. We still gotta do that? Later in the discussion of Syria, Smiley said: "If the President doesn't get the vote that he wants... then I hope he has more sense then to go ahead anyway. But you used the phrase 'dictatorial' -- and that's exactly what it would be." "You would think in some ways grounds for impeachment," replied West.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 At last check, the Bammer is repor prepping a covert deal which requires Baby Assad to leave power [unlikely]. Will he the Bammer still attack Assad iff Congress fails to authorize a milstrike, i.e. NO CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE; andor will he still strike Assad even iff the UNO determines that Assad didn't commit the chemical attack, i.e. ATTACK EVEN IFF ASSAD IS N-O-T THE PERPETRATOR - FYI ANY US CONGRESSIONAL OR UNO MANDATE TO ATTACK ASSAD IN SYRIA IS BY DEFINITION NOT A MANDATE TO ATTACK IRAN??? AFAIK he's still NOT armed the Rebels, nor has placed key conditions on US aid to them, + NO ONE IN wASHINGTON OR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WANTS RADICAL ISLAMIST-JIHADI/MILTERR GROUPS TO GET THEIR HANDS ON ASSAD'S WMDS + MILTECHS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-09-09 20:05 |
| #5 Cornel West is an intellectual? LOL. |
| Posted by: KBK 2013-09-09 18:45 |
| #4 I believe West is doing two clever things here (1) making it appear as if the left and blacks are not in lockstep with Obama (2) laying the bait for Republicans to start impeachment which will easily be manipulated by the media into racist attacks which will build Obamas poll numbers again. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-09-09 14:31 |
| #3 I'm agreeing with Cornell West on things. It kinda hurts. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2013-09-09 14:22 |
| #2 I'll order more popcorn, Deacon. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-09-09 13:39 |
| #1 I wonder what would happen if Obama ordered a strike and the military refused to carry it out on the grounds it's an unlawful order. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2013-09-09 12:29 |