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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone here really think that President Obama would have submitted the Syria [View all]

warrior1

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14. Feel better that you got that off your chest now
Reply to HardTimes99 (Original post)
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:22 PM
Aug 2013

The president was damned if did damned if he didn't. I trust the president.

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Does anyone here really think that President Obama would have submitted the Syria [View all] HardTimes99 Aug 2013 OP
No. rug Aug 2013 #1
Yup. I was 100% sure he would seek congressional approval. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #2
A Democracy does not function based on majority rule. randome Aug 2013 #3
And yet we have 3 co-equal branches of government not just the one in the big house. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #15
Everyone has a different interpretation of what that means. randome Aug 2013 #25
Perhaps the answer to your question is dependent on your opinion of President Obama? Liberal Veteran Aug 2013 #4
You have captured a deep truth here. Obama had declared a 'red line' only HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #6
No. It's the Cameron backpedal redux.... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #5
What happened to Cameron had to have shocked him. Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #7
I agree with your general point and principles but I have to take issue with your HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #11
I think junkdrawer nailed it. In that a lot of it had to do with the shock reversal in Great Britain quinnox Aug 2013 #8
I could see those Republican assholes preparing two possible ad campaigns for 2014: the first HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #13
yes, i really think that. spanone Aug 2013 #9
What if that was the plan all along? leftstreet Aug 2013 #10
Sorry, somehow missed your reply on my first pass through the responses. If I heard HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #22
I think I know what you're trying to say, and I like it. reformist2 Aug 2013 #24
We owe the Brits a big thank-you and 3 jolly good cheers. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #12
Feel better that you got that off your chest now warrior1 Aug 2013 #14
WTF? Why don't we all just shut up, bow down before our monarch (and you) and HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #16
The people of the US and the UK let them know they have lost our trust and the lack of Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #17
Our countries but the poor Iraqis and Afghans too. So much human tragedy and HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #18
Nope. Le Taz Hot Aug 2013 #19
Don't care what his motivation was. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #20
To the extent any credit is deserved when one is morningfog Aug 2013 #21
The rip-tides and cross-currents can at times be bewildering. Does Obama get credit for HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #23
We already know your answer: Obama gets no credit for anything ever alcibiades_mystery Aug 2013 #26
I don't think I've done or said anything to justify such snarking from you. My HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #27
Sounds to me like Obama didn't want to be the one hung out to dry when Syria went pear-shaped. backscatter712 Aug 2013 #28
As the polls came in and looked nasty, he responded. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #29
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