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Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2013-09-03 21:16
http://rt.com/usa/congress-approve-attack-syria-364/
US President Barack Obama convinced leaders of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to support his request for the authorization of a military strike on Syria. After a meeting with more than a dozen senior lawmakers this week, members of both parties went public, praising Obama's plan and pledging a 'yes' vote on the operation against the Syrian government.
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Osayidan wrote on 2013-09-03 21:57
Aren't the rebels being supported by the very same people the US has been fighting for the past 10+ years (Al-Qaeda)?
I'm assuming it's true for the moment since it's been in every article I've read on the subject.
I'll just place my bets right now that this "no boots on the ground" operation will drag on for 5 years and sacrifice hundreds of american soldiers on the very ground they weren't supposed to set their boots on.
I'd like to congratulate the US for one thing though. They've managed to make me even more disgusted towards them than I thought scientifically possible.
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Evaris wrote on 2013-09-03 22:32
And this is after the UN declared any act against Syria as illegal until Syria can go to Geneva 2 talks, and before the UN has finished analyzing chemical weapon information.
Government of the USA: biggest criminals in the world.
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Cucurbita wrote on 2013-09-04 00:13
Obama is a HUGE fan of the drone and missile systems, and wants to use it wherever it can.
Anyways, this is extremely misleading. Nothing has been approved. Voting isn't even until next week. His plans have been backed up by a large number of supporters, but that isn't any conclusive.
How can you even say congress approved of something when they actually haven't? Worst thread title ever.
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Osayidan wrote on 2013-09-04 00:33
Someone somewhere spread the wrong information to every single news media company then. On my way home everywhere I looked was saying it was approved, from those projector things that show information at subway stations, radio, newspaper and the news when I got home.
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Yoorah wrote on 2013-09-04 02:57
That's how politics works. They often want to get enough backers before they put up the official vote, likely to avoid embarrassment should the congressmen choose to vote against it. Kind of like what happened in Britain.
IMO, it's about time. In fact, it's about over 100,000 lives and a couple chemical weapon strikes late. But better late than never, I suppose.
For the record, Al-Qaeda got in the game fairly late, only as the opposition fighters grew desperate. Had the US gotten involved sooner, Al-Qaeda's involvement would have been minimal, if non-existent at all. Nor is Al-Qaeda the main backer of the opposition fighters--most of them are normal people who want to fight to free their country and have been desperately asking the US for help the whole time. The Syrian people and even the Arab League want the US to help put an end to the bloodbath. The only people who are against it are Assad's regime and the few nations (eg Russia) who have a political/strategic interest to maintain the status quo.
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Elleanior wrote on 2013-09-04 03:25
So the US is approving of attacking them, and Syria's already announced that if somebody throws something, they're bombing back.
...lovely. Just LOVELY...
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Yoorah wrote on 2013-09-04 04:27
Those are empty threats that aren't worth the space they take up on a news website.
The Syrian army is crippled by the internal conflict. They couldn't do anything even if they wanted to, much less hit back at the US. They could try to have revenge against the US by launching missiles at Israel (lol) if they were at their full strength, but even then, Israel would be able to defend itself. Every house in Israel is built with a steel reinforced bomb shelter (this is not a joke--it's part of the building code), they have sophisticated missile defences and the best trained air force in the world when it comes to special ops, so they could neutralize whatever missile threat there is.
The key point to take home here is that no matter what Syria threatens it will do in response, it cannot do anything worse than what it has already done to its own, defenceless people. Other nations are not defenceless.
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SUNFLARE wrote on 2013-09-04 04:35
Syria reminds meh of a small dog does alot barking but in the end does nothing
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Cucurbita wrote on 2013-09-04 04:50
Quote from SUNFLARE;1144005:
Syria reminds meh of a small dog does alot barking but in the end does nothing
I...
what....
this comment is wrong on so many levels. Are you confusing syria with north korea or something? Do you even know what syria is?
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Cynic wrote on 2013-09-04 08:55
Apparently the Congress has given Obama 60 days (with a possible 30 day extension) to act.
Not sure if I want to see how things are going to go from here.
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Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-09-04 10:06
So what are these people fighting over, again?
And I don't mean the use of chemical weapons, this mess has been happening before all that, even.
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-09-04 13:26
Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1144071:
So what are these people fighting over, again?
And I don't mean the use of chemical weapons, this mess has been happening before all that, even.
I'm going to guess it being the same as any other hell hole of a mess in the Middle East.
Religion and Politics.
Either way this is getting ridiculous. Can the US stop being the world police for once?
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-09-04 13:26
Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1144071:
So what are these people fighting over, again?
And I don't mean the use of chemical weapons, this mess has been happening before all that, even.
I'm going to guess it being the same as any other hell hole of a mess in the Middle East.
Religion and Politics.
Either way this is getting ridiculous. Can the US stop being the world police for once?
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Juno wrote on 2013-09-07 06:12
The problem is that using sarin, a chemical agent, violates the 1925 international act. It's known that it's been used, but we don't know the full extent. French intelligence is working that out. Regardless of who it's being used on, it's unlikely the U.N will remain silent once we know for sure.
This news, however, is woefully inaccurate. Congress hasn't approved anything and is currently looking like it's very unlikely that it'll approve anything. At best, it's shameless U.S. hating...at worst, outright lies.