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It looks like the Boy King's leadership on the world stage is about to face its most serious test as Russia and China appear ready if nessary to physically challenge Obama’s controversial plan unload a few on Syria.
Agence France-Presse News reports three more Russian warships crossed Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait Thursday en route to the Eastern Mediterranean near the coast of Syria. Based on a diagram posted by Zero Hedge, Russia now has six vessels in the eastern Mediterranean versus 13 US ships and two US submarines.
If that’s not enough, Russian news source Telegrafist reported Wednesday that at least one Chinese vessel is en route to the Mediterranean. It appears (at least publicly) China is only coming to “observe” the situation and catch some sun, although it’s clearly sending a message for the US to back off.
"A congressional aide to a CBC member called the request “eyebrow-raising,” in an interview withThe Cable, and said the request was designed to quiet dissent while shoring up support for President Obama’s Syria strategy......"
"When asked if the White House requested the partial gag order, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said “the Administration is reaching out to all Members to ensure they have the information they need to make an informed judgment on this issue.” Kirby said it was her boss’s request and was aimed at keeping members informed rather than silencing anti-war members......."Plantation Secured!
"An ally of Syrian leader Bashar Assad and the man who took in U.S. national security leaker Edward Snowden, Putin spent the days leading up to the arrival late this week of Obama in St. Petersburg for the G20 summit of world leaders taunting Obama and ridiculing his call for Congress to approve a military strike in Syria.
The Russian president, who Obama recently needled for acting like a “bored” schoolboy during their last one-on-one meeting, argued that an attack without the authorization of the U.N. Security Council — authorization of which he has thwarted at every turn — would amount to a violation of international law and could be seen as nothing more than “an act of aggression” on the part of the United States.
He then once again warned against any action without U.N. Security Council authorization.
The Examiner“In accordance with applicable international law, the authorization of the use of force against a sovereign state can only be given by the Security Council of the United Nations. Any other reasons, or methods, to justify the use of force against an independent and sovereign state are unacceptable and cannot be qualified as anything other than aggression.”
"The grim reality is that key people in positions to shape our foreign policy during the Obama administration -- the President, the Vice President, two Secretaries of State, and the current Secretary of Defense -- all have a track record of grossly misconceiving the issues, our enemies and our national interest.
This is the administration that is now asking for a blank check from Congress to take unspecified military action to achieve unspecified goals." — Thomas Sowell
Situation Room - August 31, 2013 as Obama meets in council with advisors to plan strategy to extricate his ass from the box to which his ego put him in over blustering threats to Syria. *Note- Eric Holder is in attendence - there must be a lie in there somewhere.
The Situation Room as it would have appeared the night of September 11, 2012 as the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi was under attack
and 6 Americans were being killed.
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The administration wants a strike at Dictator Bashar al-Assad for stepping over Obama’s red line. But he doesn't intend to topple Assad or specifically help the rebels, and Comander Zero clearly has cold feet about his previous promises to arm the rebels. If American credibility is on the line in Syria now that Assad has used chemical weapons, the administration is failing to adequately explain any military plan that would leave the dictator in place and with his armed forces largely intact.
Do they, or did they every have a workable plan?
"Did you catch that part about the “son of MB leader threatened Obama w- release of ‘papers’”? That is an apparent reference to Saad al-Shater, the son of former Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate, Khairat al-Shater. We direct you to Addendum F of our “Ironclad” report on Egypt’s involvement in the Benghazi attack. Multiple reports from Arabic sources indicated that Saad had said his father had documents that were incredibly damaging to Barack Obama.
A couple of weeks later, Saad was arrested. A Fox News / AP report indicated that one of the reasons for the younger al-Shater’s arrest had to do with Obama:
"It was not immediately clear why police detained el-Shater’s 23-year-old son. Officials only said Wednesday that police had arrested Saad el-Shater and that he had threatened to release documents allegedly showing ties between his father and U.S. President Barack Obama. Officials did not elaborate."
And according to Atlas Shrugs "Obama hits bottom and keeps digging. His unequivocal support of the vicious Muslim Brotherhood has undermined national security and been an overwhelming destructive force for freedom across the world."
"President Obama addressed the 50th annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America via videotape, praising the U.S.Muslim Brotherhood entity for its partnership with his administration. A Clarion Project report showed that the convention’s roster of speakers includes many extremists."This ought to make you feel all warm and fuzzy...
For a man who is often so Hamlet-like he seems he should be attending meetings in a black velvet doublet and whose Syria policy in particular seems to have been defined primarily by actions not taken and decisions not made, Barack Obama made one of the most profound and momentous decisions of his presidency on Saturday.
By announcing that he would require congressional approval before taking action against Syria's regime for gassing its own people, he took a step that seemed certain to have multiple, potentially profound ramifications. Here are just five:
Secretary of State / Earl of Ketchup |
MSNBC reports the first salvo of cruise missles have been fired toward Syria in the opening round of reprisals for last week’s suspected chemical attack against the civilians. The Obama Administration has placed the blame on the Assad regime in Damascus. The limited engagement or as some are calling a ‘Shake ‘n Bake’ attack in the sense that the President promised a wrist-slapping ‘narrow attack’ which will cause minimal damage but hopefully send a meassage to regime leaders that future attacks targeting civilains will not be tolerated.
Aboard the USS Buggerall, a guided missle destroyer stationed in the Red Sea, sailors strapped the President onto a Predator drone, wearing his bicycle helmet, along with a hand held camera linked to an overhead satellite. The bright white drone had the Obama campaign symbol hastily painted on the side along with personal scripts from sailors onboard who wrote messages to the Syrians much like military men have done in past wars on bombs and missles about to be delivered to the enemy….’have a nice trip’…’You keep him!’… ‘Now this is diversity!’…’Free EBT card aboard’…’Blame Bush’…’Next week it’s Jumpin’ Joe!’
At precisely 1600 hours the President left the Buggerall on a rush of crimson flame heading toward a target in Damascus. Vice President Biden was onboard the ship to offer support and trade a few knock-knock jokes with the crew.Developing......