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Obama Willing to Pursue Solo Syria Strikes, Aides SayBy MARK LANDLER, DAVID E. SANGER, THOM SHANKER and MARK MAZZETTI - NYT
Published: August 29, 2013
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WASHINGTON President Obama is prepared to move ahead with a limited military strike on Syria, administration officials said on Thursday, even with a rejection of such action by Britains Parliament, an increasingly restive Congress, and lacking an endorsement from the United Nations Security Council.
Although the officials cautioned that Mr. Obama had not made a final decision, all indications suggest that the strike could occur as soon as United Nations inspectors, who are investigating the Aug. 21 attack that killed hundreds of Syrians, leave the country. They are scheduled to depart Damascus, the capital, on Saturday.
The White House is to present its case for military action against Syria to Congressional leaders on Thursday night. Administration officials assert that the intelligence will show that forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad carried out the chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus.
The intelligence does not tie Mr. Assad directly to the attack, officials briefed on the presentation said, but the administration believes that it has enough evidence to carry out a limited strike that would deter the Syrian government from using these weapons again.
Mr. Obama, officials said, is basing his case for action both on...
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More: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/us/politics/obama-syria.html
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I just don't see it happening--UNLESS there is something going on that we aren't privy to.
TwilightGardener
Aug 2013
#10
I cannot believe people have so little faith in the guy that killed Osama Bin Laden...
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#4
"Sort of give it the go ahead"--uhhh...that's to the credit (or blame) of the Big Cheese.
TwilightGardener
Aug 2013
#12
exactly Twilight....this conversation is very very enlightening but not about what some will think
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#14
whatevah dude...IF it had failed...HE would have taken the blame! So don't give me that shit..
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#16
Of course we would....you think that many Seals would have remained silent?
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#26
no matter....Jimmy has carried that ever since. Ask him if it was still a mark against "HIS"
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#28
The Special forces guy you are replying to obviously is nowhere near the brave
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#42
but if they failed....HE would have his entire legacy.....you know as LEADER of the U.S. of America.
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#20
are you suggesting here that the President of the United states would have Seal Team Six "snuffed"
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#37
Yeah when getting out of bed means a huge scar on the fact that you are going down in history!
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#30
not political hide...but one of the major return for investment becoming the first African American
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#57
Hey Blue, is this "chairborne division" warrior your own pet troll or can anyone play with it?
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#46
yeah....he gambled the legacy of the first African American President on them...
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#24
He didn't publicly announce that he had located Bin Laden and was going to teach him a lesson
n2doc
Aug 2013
#11
Yes he did! He said from the start....if he had the opportunity to take that man out he would....
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#18
I'm guessing an airstrike on Assad's Palace, along with airbases and military structures.
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#50