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In reply to the discussion: Obama sending US commandos into Syria [View all]restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)39. shep smith just gave a stunning rebuke and criticism
of the president, playing a series of quotes where he repeatedly said he would not put ground troops in Syria. He also went hard after Congress saying that after the criticism Hilary has taken because of her iraq vote, that no one in Congress has the guts to take a vote on this and go on the record. Coming from Fox news Channel, I am amazed. Smith is becoming the keith olbermann of Fox news and it's quite amazing.
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and are Persian Gulf allies who give them money and whoever buys their black market oil
yurbud
Oct 2015
#2
You know what, this is Obama's puppy now. We have no reason to have a ground operation in
TwilightGardener
Oct 2015
#3
I'm not saying Obama was responsible for ISIS. I don't believe he was.
TwilightGardener
Oct 2015
#10
doing nothing is also a choice, and one that should be appraised on its own merits
geek tragedy
Oct 2015
#18
I don't think we've been "doing nothing". We've been conducting airstrikes
TwilightGardener
Oct 2015
#20
How can you say it was next to nothing when it produced as many as 5 or 6 fighters?
24601
Oct 2015
#59
And, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Angola, and other places we've helped.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#48
if this was all really about Isis, we'd freeze accounts of gov'ts who gave the money
yurbud
Oct 2015
#5
and it's embarrassing to hear that Russia is bombing the "moderate" rebels when our gov't has
yurbud
Nov 2015
#65
So it's fine if N Korea wants to invade and conquer their neighbor with you?
EX500rider
Oct 2015
#35
And by what authority do we have the right to put our troops in a sovereign country without
Purveyor
Oct 2015
#9
The fact that we are able to do so certainly calls into question Syria's sovereignty
Freddie Stubbs
Oct 2015
#13
Should and most likely will take it before the failing and basically irrelevant UN. eom
Purveyor
Oct 2015
#33
Didn't his predecessor instigate a "surge" in his war, at about the same time in his presidency?
Doctor_J
Oct 2015
#11
Actually, Obama has been even less honest and forthcoming than Bush regarding what he's doing.
TwilightGardener
Oct 2015
#15
fewer than 50 commandos to help coalition forces coordinate with the local troops
Sunlei
Oct 2015
#19
History would suggest that this will not go well. The Russians are dropping bombs like candy and
CentralMass
Oct 2015
#29
While Shep Smith is better than most at Fox, he's still a Fox Newers.
PersonNumber503602
Nov 2015
#67
i agree with you about everyone there but shep. during katrina, he was in no
restorefreedom
Nov 2015
#68
Yay!! More War!! More Glory!! More Billionaires!! Now, if we could just win one.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#47
Why Syria? I understand Iraq, but they really shouldn't be in Syria.
PersonNumber503602
Nov 2015
#66