Will Barack Obama proceed on Syria if the Congress doesn’t authorize him?
As I wrote about in this post when Barack Obama made the announcement that he would seek authorization from the Congress before taking military action is Syria, I find it interesting that the president made a point to tell the American people he could do this on his own without Congressional approval even as he sought that approval.
The reason he gave for seeking Congressional approval he does not believe he needs is this: the American people deserve a debate on this issue. But still, I find the fact he made a point to mention he didn’t need the approval strange because it implies that he might just go ahead with the attack if the Congress does not authorize it. Here is what I wrote in the post linked to above: I find it interesting that he felt the need to state he could attack Syria on his own, does that mean his decision has already been made and he will attack Syria even if the Congress does not approve?
In that post I also stated that I did not believe Barack Obama would act on his own after the Congress denied him the authority, but I might just be wrong about this. I may have underestimated Barack Obama’s megalomania.
According to this article Barack Obama’s mind has been made up and the vote is just a formality because the president is going to attack Syria with or without the approval of the Congress:
In a move that only adds to the utter confusion that defines the president’s foreign policy, a senior State Department official tells Fox News that Obama’s decision to take military action in Syria still stands, and will indeed be carried out, regardless of whether Congress votes next week to approve the use of such force.
Chief Washington correspondent James Rosen reported that this official said Obama’s decision to seek a congressional vote was a surprise to members of the National Security Council, but insisted the request for Congress to vote did not supplant the president’s earlier decision to use force in Syria, only delayed its implementation.
“That’s going to happen, anyway,” the source told Rosen, adding that that was why the president, in his Rose Garden remarks, was careful to establish that he believes he has the authority to launch such strikes without congressional authorization.
Admittedly, I do not know how reliable the source I linked to is, but I do feel as if it was no mistake that Barack Obama reasserted his authority on this issue. He did it for a reason, nothing this president says or does in by accident, and I do not doubt that it is still in his mind to attack Syria if the Congress votes him down.
Will he actually do it, or is this an attempt by Barack Obama to put pressure on the Congress to support his decision? Only time will tell, but if he does go ahead after approval by the Congress is denied it will be time for the Congress to take the next step…..if you get what I am alluding to.
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Obama made the decision some time ago, because instantly, our ships with Marines were already embarked and in the vicinity of Syria. It’s all a fake act. Obama will attack, no matter what the vote is, because he has been told by his Muslim King, to attack. Problem is, if everything goes bad. With permission of Congress or without permission of Congress, if things go bad, then the American People get stuck holding the bag, and Obama will lie his way out and blame everyone else.
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At first I did not think Obama would act if the Congress did not authorize it but I am becoming of the opinion that he will. His mind has already been made up and he is simply looking for a scapegoat if this go bad.
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Correct. He is as underhanded, sneaky, and dishonest, as they come.
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Amen to that my friend!
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I have my doubt about Obama acting alone should Congress fail to approve his request. This will only give him the opportunity to place the blame for his foreign policy failures on Congress. It is becoming increasingly obvious to any serious observer the the Benghazi murders were partically caused by President Obama inability to make a quick decisive decision as what to do. He had weeks to think through the Syrian situation, and failing to reach a decision punted the ball to Congress—in Benghazi he didn’t have time to punt and just fumbled! We have an indecisive, inept, incapable, inmature, incompetent idiot who instead of being the Command-in-Chief, is nothing more than our Coward-in-Chief. He is destroying our creditibility across the middle-east and the world. Leading countries like Iran to believe he will no nothing in face of their emerging nuclear threat while leaving allies like Israel wondering how dependable we are in face of an increasing islamic threat across the region. The can only have a tragic outcome for the United States and its allies. Obama is looking more and more like the second coming of Neville Chamberlain!
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I agree with you Ron on out standing in the world under Obama, his attempt to scapegoat the Congress, and on Benghazi but at this point I think I would actually take Neville Chamberlain over this clown.
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This is all about the securing of a democrat victory in the 2014 midterm elections. How can he lose?
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This whole thing is a political issue to Obama. He does not care about the women and the children of Syria, only in gaining an advantage in the 2014 election.
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Petermc3 on September 2, 2013 at 4:42 pm
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The point that may be conceded is that the infamous Red Line was a wink and a nod to the rebels and Al Quada. The initial chink in the garden hose was the sanity that prevailed in the British Parliament. But this merely served as a primer for Obama’s handlers to figure out how to snatch victory from the mouth of defeat. The American people and the congress are no match for Valerie Jarret as we will soon see.
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The vote in Britain dealt a blow to Obama’s policies but he does not see it that way as he looks to push his radical Middle East agenda and there is no doubt in my mind that Valerie Jarret is the architect of this whole thing.
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Petermc3 may be on to something. It will all depend on what Valerie Jarret decides or maybe the decission will be made by the greater puppet masters.
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She, and the globalists such as Soros, are who is really running the White House and determining policy.
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There is a more politically sinister motive underlying Obama’s and Soros’s support to transform illegals into U.S. citizens, and open the floodgates to mass immigration; Obama and Soros are well aware that the majority of immigrants, once naturalized, tend to vote Democrat. The ultimate, long-term objective is to establish a permanent Democrat in the U.S. presidency for generations to come.
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