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Re: Sec'y of State Kerry called Syria's use of chemical weapons "undeniable"

By: joe-taylor in FFFT | Recommend this post (0)
Tue, 27 Aug 13 12:44 AM | 45 view(s)
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This may be president Obama's finest hour because the war weary American people are not in favor of an intervention in Syria. The latest polling shows that only one in four Americans are in favor of going into Syria and those are numbers similar to who identify as a Republican neocon. Favorability has gone down five points since the middle of August and that is a significant drop in just two weeks.

Obama needs to watch his step here because if we get involved in another protracted event in the middle east it could make a war weary public turn on the democrats and help to elect a republican president. We've seen war weariness before and this reminds us of what happened to LBJ back in 1968 when the unpopular Vietnam war helped to elect Richard Nixon who promised to bring an end to it.

This is a dicey situation but one that is going to require some action if we are to retain any leadership and moral high ground in this world. Russia is also a player in this situation and the unpredictable Putin will do just about anything to increase his nation's standing on the world power stage including a confrontation with the United States.

A lot to think about and consider here.


IOVHO,


Regards,


Joe


To say that "God exists" is the greatest understatement ever made across space and time.


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Sec'y of State Kerry called Syria's use of chemical weapons "undeniable"
By: clo in FFFT
Tue, 27 Aug 13 12:00 AM 		Msg. 55462 of 65535

Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called Syria's use of chemical weapons "undeniable" and said President Barack Obama will "be making an informed decision about how to respond to this indiscriminate use of chemical weapons."

Setting the stage for eventual military intervention, Kerry said in a statement from the State Department that what is happening on the ground in Syria "is real and it is compelling" and requires a response from the international community. Attacks on civilians by Bashar al-Assad's regime are, he said, "a moral obscenity" that "should shock the conscience of the world."

"Make no mistake: President Obama believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people. Nothing today is more serious, and nothing is receiving more serious scrutiny," Kerry said.

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