Kerry Statement Appeared Weak To Me.....

[global1]

Basically saying we're weighing our options; we're talking to our allies and Congress and kind of gave Assad more time to kill his people.

I guess I expected more today. Am I wrong?

[RobertEarl]

1. kind of gave Assad more time

Well, what do you think he should say? Times up, bombs away?

What the fuck is this shit with people wanting to bomb Syria?

[global1]

8. Did I Say Anything About Bombing Syria?.....

The thing that is bothering me is that Assad is sitting there saying - they're not doing anything to me - so I might as well keep doing what I've been doing. I am really furious about the use of chemical weapons. What do we do - just keep letting him kill people using these methods and watch?

[RobertEarl]

13. So, you have proof?

NO YOU DON"T

So stop with the fucking war mongering.

When you have proof, then.....

[sabrina 1]

16. How do you know who used those weapons? When I saw the first

reports, BEFORE the MSM got involved, it was from Syrian citizens online. Almost all of them stated that the 'outside rebel forces' had 'slaughtered hundreds of people'.

No one believe at first that the massacre had actually happened. So whoever was reporting it online, at least turned out to be correct about that.

As soon as the MSM, the US MSM, not foreign media, it was suddenly a known fact that Assad was responsible. How the hell could they know that if we are not ALREADY on the ground in Syria??

We do not need any more PNAC wars, period. We have been fueling that terrible war and that alone is a crime.

Let's not escalate the crime to mammoth proportions like Iraq by using this an excuse to tick one more PNAC country off the list at the cost of untold numbers of lives.

[polichick]

2. There's little we can do - and the American people don't want more war.

[YvonneCa]

3. A strong SOS statement. Set out the rationale..

...for President Obama.

[quinnox]

4. not hawkish enough for you?

Sounds like you wanted a "let's bomb Syria!" moment.

[PowerToThePeople]

5. Wait for inspectors, wait for answers.

[winter is coming]

6. What more did you expect? It was pretty much what I thought would happen. n/t

[dtom67]

7. don't worry...

the bombing will start soon.

let the profit taking commence!

[FSogol]

9. Total disagree. Very glad John Kerry is SOS right now. n/t

[hrmjustin]

10. I thought it was fine. It will take some time before the President makes a decision what he will do.

[snappyturtle]

11. Talking to Congress? Does that mean this time the administration

will actually ask for a declaration of war?

[MoonRiver]

12. To me, it sounded strong, as far as it went.

Hoping Pres. Obama clarifies the game plan SOON.

[bigtree]

14. doesn't look like they'll push past the U.N. inspectors like Bush did

. . . and make the country a danger from their own military activity.

I think this means that we're going to fall in behind the UN; for practical reasons, they'll need these allies who have already committed themselves to balance out objections from Russia and China and others.

It's still a lean toward objectionable military violence, but it's a nuanced one.

[AngryAmish]

15. Who would want to touch that shithole with a ten foot pole?

We have no rooting interest there. WHoever wins it will be bad.

[sabrina 1]

17. WE may not have an interest there. But Syria has been on the PNAC

list of 'interests' since 1997 and they've already ticked several of the countries on that list off. Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, a few are taking longer than they anticipated.

They LIED to hurry up the first one, Iraq.

As far as I am concerned they are lying about this as they lied about Libya and Afghanistan.

So yes, someone profits greatly from these wars, but it isn't the people here or there. It is Halliburton, KB&R et al. I'm sure the no-bid contracts are already prepared.

Winding down the other extraordary long 'wars' means, they need another to keep the money flowing.

Anyone who even considers forging ahead with the disastrous Project For a New American Century, is simply evil and insane imho. What should be happening is prosecutions and trials of the criminals who got us to this point based on their lies and deception. We sure should not be considering yet more crimes to add to the list.