Like President Clinton, Obama will strike without UN or Congressional approval IMHO

[donna123]

88. Congress=know nothing, do nothing, be nothing

This congress, mainly the republican led house, is a freaking joke and populated by idiots, nutcases (case in point bachmann), and anti to anything Obama or the democrats bring up, so to ask them for approval on anything has no value. Whether they approve it or not means nothing to me because the republicans in the house have shown they are incapable of doing anything useful, constructive, and good for the people.

As for the UN, can someone explain how that works? If Russia and/or China do not agree, does that mean any UN action is vetoed? As long as one member of the security council vetoes it? Since Russia is sure to veto any syria action, what would be accomplished by seeking UN approval as it would not be obtained?

Obama was right about Libya and right about OBL. Whether it is gut instinct or intellectual decision making or both, IMO he has a good track record. He is a reluctant warrior, not a warmonger like Cheney. If the US takes no action after all of this, I think the US will be considered very weak by the rest of the world. If that is the path most want the US to be on, as the Rand Pauls of the world want, a US that is off the world stage, then it does make sense for the US to not be involved in anything, anywhere.

I prefer though the US having more influence in the world than a country like russia. The values of a country like Russia, where gay people are not tolerated, is very scary to me. I am not gay, but that is not the point, is it. Yes, there are some crazies in the US as well (wish they would move to russia), but I believe the majority of the US is moderate. Our system has been paralyzed though as we are being held hostage by some extremists in the republican party, mainly due to gerrymandering.