{"id":37309,"date":"2013-08-29T07:42:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37309"},"modified":"2013-08-29T08:18:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T12:18:02","slug":"syria-response-to-be-purely-symbollic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37309","title":{"rendered":"Syria response to be purely symbolic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wish someone in the White House would read von Clausewitz because obviously they don’t understand war at all. This is how one Obama Administration described to the LA Times<\/a> the upcoming response to Syria’s supposed use of chemical weapons on their citizenry; <\/p>\n

One U.S. official who has been briefed on the options on Syria said he believed the White House would seek a level of intensity “just muscular enough not to get mocked” but not so devastating that it would prompt a response from Syrian allies Iran and Russia.<\/p>\n

“They are looking at what is just enough to mean something, just enough to be more than symbolic,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s the most juvenile statement I’ve read coming out of that administration, and it proves that their anticipated attack on the Syrian government is all about them and the perception they want the public to have of this administration rather than Assad.<\/p>\n

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said after a briefing that the administration was “proceeding cautiously.” Obama is “considering a broad range of options that have been presented by our military leaders,” he said.<\/p>\n

Still, a growing number of lawmakers in both parties pressed the White House to seek authorization from Congress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given the collection of boobs that the President has for military advisers, I’m sure the response will be muscular, but nothing will insulate them from being mocked. If I were in Congress, I’d shut up about authorization from Congress. I wouldn’t want my fingerprints on the coming train wreck – there’s nothing that Congress can do to make this thing look good for anyone including themselves. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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