How pathetic that Obama is aligning himself with McCain and Graham

[MoonRiver]

to get support for bombing Syria.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Hawks of a feather......

[kardonb]

35. aligning ?

he is consulting with them , as any statesman would do would do , with experienced men . I really get disgusted with all these folks just getting down on our president He has a very tough job . Nothing wrong about hearing from different points of view , and then making a decision , instead of shooting first , and then making excuses for your actions .

[Comrade Grumpy]

45. Consulting? He was asking for their endorsement of the attack on Syria. And he got it.

Although not without the hawkish pair taking a few jabs at him for not being macho enough.

[Supersedeas]

43. strange bedfellows

[tridim]

2. Yes, Neo-DU is pathetic. nt

[kentuck]

3. They didn't sound like they were "aligning" when they gave their press conference.

They didn't have many kind words for the President, even though McCain said it would be 'catastrophic" if Congress did not vote with the President's request.

[MisterP]

13. that's how the game is played: if everyone has the same goals they can rip into each other as much

as they want
in fact, it helps cover up that they're representing the same interests
people were KILLED in the elections of Gilded-Age Buenos Aires, Chicago, and NYC--and it definitely wasn't because they were so ideologically divergent

[pampango]

19. Then the tea party must really love Obama. They are ripping him all the time. n/t

[bigtree]

4. exact same thought, at about the same moment

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023581970

[MoonRiver]

8. Yep

[MineralMan]

5. How pathetic that you think he is doing that!

Truly. Agreement on one thing is not aligning oneself with anyone. Logical error.

[MoonRiver]

10. Are they not all in agreement about bombing Syria?

Are they not all trying to convince Congress and even the world that bombing Syria is the correct thing to do?

[MineralMan]

11. As you will discover before long, there will be many who agree on that,

and from both parties.

[MoonRiver]

12. All I know is those are the two he is specifically aligning himself with,

even as they insult and bash him. Like I said, pathetic.

[bornskeptic]

30. So you think he should align himself with Rand Paul?

Why wouldn't that be just as pathetic, if that's your standard for judging people? But then you've chosen to align yourself with Rand Paul, so I guess you think Rand is OK.

[MoonRiver]

38. Are those his only choices for alignment?

[NorthCarolina]

34. Kind of like the Snowden=Paul Bot meme? nt

[exboyfil]

6. Have we entered Bizzarro world?

My most liberal and most conservative friend from High School agree - do not get into the Syrian conflict.

[Mnemosyne]

16. Yes we did - December 2000. nt

[HardTimes99]

20. Actually, January 1981. Ancient history, eh? - nt

[Mnemosyne]

37. That one was a pretty bad dimensional slip, wasn't it? How do we knock it back into a

saner one? Any ideas?

[spanone]

7. mckook & lindseed want a real war.......Obama is the adult in the room

[kentuck]

9. Agree. Also...

It is the President's job to "execute" the military strategy if he decides that he must. It is not the responsibility of the Senate or the House to execute the war once it begins. It is the responsibility of the President.

[bvar22]

23. Yeah. Obama is "the adult" because he only wants to drop a few bombs,

and kill just a few Syrians.
The Republicans want to Kill them ALL.

Obama is going to meet them half way and only kill a few thousand!
The Great Compromiser!!!

[KittyWampus]

14. Well, McCain wants war and regime change. Which Senate Resolution will not give him.

[Catherina]

15. That's who he sent to Egypt to represent his administration so no surprise

True colors couldn't be more obvious right now unless DC is fresh out of Democrats.

[LittleBlue]

17. Two massive war-loving neocons

Or perhaps three?

If you thought we got the "fix the Middle East with bombing" shit out of our system by electing a Democrat, you thought wrong.

[underthematrix]

18. PBO is aligned with American interests. White sheets McCain and Graham

are aligned with HATE.

[NightWatcher]

21. American interests? Oh do please tell

Is "because Israel and Saudi Arabia want to bomb Syria" an American interest?

Please don't give me the shit that we care about a few hundred dead kids from chemical attack. Did you see how many people we killed in Iraq, Af/Pak, Yemen....?
We don't care about a few dead kids.

[bvar22]

24. Please tell us exactly what the "American Interests" are in attacking Syria?

I DO know that these same people tell me that we can't afford Meals-On-Wheels or Head Start or Social Security.

I DO know that Syria has not attacked us,
can NOT attack us,
hasn't threatened us,
and hasn't attacked anyone else for over 30 years.

So exactly WHAT are these "American Interests"?
Inquiring minds want to know.

[rhett o rick]

25. And you can tell the difference because Democrats are good and Republicans are bad?

Dont you think that's a little simplistic.

[polichick]

28. Those "American interests" leave out 99% of Americans.

[progressoid]

22. John "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" McCain.

[DCBob]

26. You are confused.

McCain and Graham want regime change. Obama is pushing for a limited punitive strike.

[MoonRiver]

39. No I'm not confused.

They are aligned to promote attacking Syria, Obama in a limited way, Mc&G something more. Still an alignment.

[DCBob]

41. Your title is misleading..

it implies Obama is changing his position to be more in line with Mc&G. That is not accurate.

[DeSwiss]

27. PATHETIC is the word.

- In fact, I almost feel sorry for him. I also thought he was smarter than this. I was wrong.

K&R

[cliffordu]

29. Hyperbole much?

[Demo_Chris]

31. Obama deserves his own new war -- It's BS he is stuck with hand-me-downs! nt

[burnsei sensei]

32. Screw the neoconservative agenda.

The course of action Obama wants will kill Americans, either here or there, but it will kill them.
Whether he's aware of it or not, whether he wants it or not, the attack on Syria plays right into the hands of Al-Nusra. They will celebrate the day it happens.

[wisteria]

33. This should not be about politics.

It is about getting a strategy right and doing the right thing.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. Did you expect him to call Kucinich?

[MoonRiver]

40. Why not? Oh, wait

[Safetykitten]

42. Between sadly and desperate.

[AtomicKitten]

44. and with both Clintons, Patreus, and Panetta

Warmongers come in all shapes and political proclivities. Obama proposes limited strikes, the others full-on war. It's the latter part that is noteworthy as being pathetic.

Obama Opposed Syria War Plan from Clinton, Petraeus, Panetta, Gen. Dempsey
http://www.thenation.com/blog/172774/obama-opposed-syria-war-plan-clinton-petraeus-panetta-gen-dempsey#

White House pushes back at Bill Clinton over Syria
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/13/white-house-pushes-back-at-bill-clinton-over-syria/

[Go Vols]

46. The War Machine

still needs fed.

Wat ya gonna do?

[ecstatic]

47. If true, that would be pathetic. McScam are a couple of idiots. But since it's not true,

I guess that just means your OP is pathetic?