This is good news if it is accurate. Zero is out getting humiliated in Russia when he should be dealing with this issue if he thinks it is so important. Instead he will be humiliated at home too.
ZitatThe resolution authorizing military action in Syria is in danger of failing in Congress, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday.
Speaking in his home state of South Carolina, the Republican senator said he has serious doubts that Congress will back President Obama’s call for strikes.
“I think if the vote were taken right now, it would be too close to call in the Senate, [and] would surely lose in the House,” he told reporters after speaking to constituents, according to The Greenville News.
Graham said Obama is "well short" of the votes he needs in the House because has failed to make the case to the American people.
“Mr. President, you’ve been uncertain, you’ve been unclear, you’ve changed your mind,” he said. “You have to now come out with a certain plan and a resolve that I have not seen.”
Graham, who is up for reelection in 2014, supports a limited military strike on Syria. He told reporters he plans to host a dinner on Sunday with Vice President Biden and more than a dozen Republican senators to discuss the matter.
Obama is scrambling to round up support in Congress for his Syria plan. With opposition building on Thursday, he canceled a planned trip to Los Angeles so he could remain in Washington to round up votes.
Graham said a strike against Syria would only be successful if it accomplishes three things: changes the balance of power in Syria, helps the opposition and gets other countries in the region involved.
“Saudi Arabia should be paying for this,” he said.
Graham was also critical of Obama's statement that a strike will be effective even if it doesn't come soon.
“When I hear from our military leadership that we can be just as effective 30 days after chemical weapons were used as if it were quick, I’m just baffled,” he said.
“Don’t you believe that [Syrian President Bashar] Assad is moving all of his equipment around? Don’t you believe that he’s preparing for a strike?” he said.
Quote: Just Ducky wrote in post #3Its exactly what he wants...then he has his excuse. He is already blaming congress, us and anyone else he can think of. This gives him his easy out.
did he mention George Bush yet? I don't think so. at least he's moved on to other scapegoats.
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Quote: Just Ducky wrote in post #3Its exactly what he wants...then he has his excuse. He is already blaming congress, us and anyone else he can think of. This gives him his easy out.
I hear this, but it doesn't make sense. Polls for this war are in the toilet. If every Syrian was gassed tomorrow, no one would give a shit because it is a worthless mess. No matter the spin, this is Zero's project. No one else wanted to do this but him. So he blames the GOP. It isn't going to stick because it doesn't make sense. What WILL stick is the impudent look Zero will have when congress doesn't give him support. He is going to look like a total failure world wide. Do you think Zero is going to be happy looking like a failure in the eyes of his pals the Europeans and Towel Heads? Not one bit.
As my Grandfather used to say, this guy has pulled one dumb boner.
The whole charade is unraveling, especially after that execution video surfaced and it is obvious we're dealing with savages on both sides of this conflict. So the choice is religious savages or secular savages? I'll go with secular myself, given the fact that Muslim savages know no guilt as they are fueled by their anti-god Satan.
The bureaucracy: the new fourth branch of government. The bureaucracy is permanent, unaccountable, unelected and choking us like a weed. The bureaucrat exists, generating nothing of value, using perceived problems to justify his existence.
Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #7 The whole charade is unraveling, especially after that execution video surfaced and it is obvious we're dealing with savages on both sides of this conflict. So the choice is religious savages or secular savages? I'll go with secular myself, given the fact that Muslim savages know no guilt as they are fueled by their anti-god Satan.
BUT...BUT...BUT,don't you know they are nothing more than 'murikans that dress and talk funny?
"We iz da wurld.......
We iz da peep-pulls....."
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