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QuoteSure. And they have a tendency of blowing back in the faces that use them. The non-persistent types, however, do leave infrastructure intact.
Kind of like some of your post... they kill the reader but leave their computer intact.
I don't use chemicals. I incinerate citizenry with hot air.
My wife is hotter than your wife.
airdvr 210
What we're seeing now is a POTUS severely lacking principles, moral fiber, and content of character. This is one of the DECISION POINTS in his presidency and he can't risk making a decision where he might look bad. He is at a loss for what to do because there is no clear polling to direct him.
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Please don't dent the planet.
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airdvrWhat we're seeing now is a POTUS severely lacking principles, moral fiber, and content of character. This is one of the DECISION POINTS in his presidency and he can't risk making a decision where he might look bad. He is at a loss for what to do because there is no clear polling to direct him.
So what decision would YOU make?
Be careful, the world is watching and the guy before you fucked up the US credibility. Make the wrong choice and be forever branded as "worse than Bush."
Gimme a fuckin' break.
It's a country committing genocide against its own people using a universally denounced chemical agent AND the US is pretty much the ONLY country on the planet that -could- possibly do something to stop it.
That man has a tough choice to make. He might want to consider it for more than a news cycle.
YOU might wanna cut him some slack while he does that.
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QuoteThe non-persistent types, however, do leave infrastructure intact.
That's what I've been thinking, too re: what makes it more likely that Assad, rather than a non-regime actor, did the gassing: this was in suburban Damascus. If Assad ferociously went after that target with artillery, he'd be destroying his own capital city. Not solid proof, of course, but a noteworthy circumstantial factor.
airdvr 210
Doesn't matter what decision I make, I'm not the POTUS. He said it was a red line. What did he mean by that?QuoteSo what decision would YOU make?
Are you saying he's more concerned with saving face than with principles? Sounds like it.QuoteBe careful, the world is watching and the guy before you fucked up the US credibility. Make the wrong choice and be forever branded as "worse than Bush."
China? Russia? UK? Don't you mean we're the only country that would stop it.QuoteIt's a country committing genocide against its own people using a universally denounced chemical agent AND the US is pretty much the ONLY country on the planet that -could- possibly do something to stop it.
QuoteThat man has a tough choice to make. He might want to consider it for more than a news cycle.
March 7, 2009 - The United States and Syria found "common ground" when U.S. officials Jeffrey Feltman and Dan Shapiro met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem in the first high-level trip by American officials to Damascus since 2005.
February 16, 2010 - Obama nominated Robert Ford to be the U.S. ambassador to Syria, the first since Washington withdrew its ambassador in 2005 after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut.
February 17, 2010 - Assad held security talks in Damascus with U.S. Under Secretary of State William Burns, after which the U.S. official said he was "hopeful" of progress.
April 8, 2011 - In a statement on the uprising, which began on March 15, Obama called on Assad to halt the "abhorrent violence committed against peaceful protesters."
April 22, 2011 - Obama condemned use of force against demonstrators and called on Assad to "change course now."
April 29, 2011 - United States slaps sanctions on Syria's intelligence agency and two relatives of Assad, in Washington's first concrete steps in response to the crackdown on protests.
July 12, 2011 - Obama sharpened rhetoric against Assad, saying the Syrian president had "lost legitimacy" for failing to lead a democratic transition.
August 11, 2011 - Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call spoke about the violence in Syria and the need for a transition to democracy, the White House said.
August 18, 2011 - For the first time, Obama called for Assad to step down, saying: "For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside." Britain, France and Germany also called for Assad to step aside.
October 24, 2011 - The United States pulled its ambassador, Robert Ford, out of Syria over threats to his safety.
May 18, 2012 - Group of Eight leaders at Camp David discussed the need for political transition in Syria.
June 18, 2012 - Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Mexico agreed violence in Syria must end but showed no signs of reaching a deal on tougher sanctions against Damascus.
June 22, 2012 - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta defended the administration's decision to not arm the Syrian rebels, which has been criticized by some Republicans in Congress.
July 18, 2012 - Obama called Putin to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria after a bombing in Damascus killed members of Assad's inner circle, but the two leaders ended the call divided over the best way forward.
July 19, 2012 - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice called the Russian and Chinese vetoes of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria "dangerous and deplorable."
July 23, 2012 - Obama says Assad will be held accountable if he makes the "tragic mistake" of using Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons.
How long do you think he needs to make a decision and stick with it? This president's foreign policy is a joke and the world knows it.
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airdvrThis president's foreign policy is a joke and the world knows it.
Pretty sure you'd be unable to bring yourself to say anything different no matter the circumstances.
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