Have you considered your reaction if Congress votes NO and a strike is launched anyway by POTUS?

[merbex]

It appears that clearly evident based upon the responses by Kerry and other administration officials including the President,that this option remains open and is a distinct possibility.

Have YOU considered what your reaction will be if this occurs?

Mine is - a sick feeling thisclose to a surety that there is no doubt whatsoever that a Bill will be filed to begin Impeachment hearings in the House within 5 minutes.

I bet the GOP already have one written ready to go.

If this happens I have no doubt that no-one will say: 'Move-On"

This is NOT about sex.

THIS would be a serious Constitutional crisis and it is completely avoidable.

Why do this?

I just hope to God, Barack Obama will abide by the result of the vote taken. Whatever it turns out to be.

[David__77]

1. I cannot even fathom that he would do that.

It would obviously be a criminal action.

[Raksha]

2. I'd stand with the most batshit crazy teabaggers in Congress to support impeachment,

because it would clearly be an impeachable offense.

The comparisons with Clinton's impeachment aren't really applicable here. The one we should be thinking about is NIXON!

[newfie11]

6. I agree! Nt

[fadedrose]

3. My post, "What are we going to do?"

must be reflective of all our feelings.

I don't even know what to hope for, besides not attacking syria...

[rurallib]

4. tried to think about it, but just can't imagine he would do

anything that - strange? dumb? not sure what word fits

[Raksha]

12. Try "suicidal." There's something incredibly self-destructive about all this.

It's like the administration is playing chicken. I guess they didn't figure on such an overwhelming public rejection.

[Nay]

14. It has been very tone-deaf of the administration to think they could walk into ANOTHER

war and the public would cheer them on. Talk about disconnected! We've been lectured about how we should accept austerity, look at SS for budget cuts, be OK with high unemployment and bailouts for banksters, etc., but we should think another expensive war on shaky pretexts is OK???

I had no idea Mr Obama was so insulated from reality that he could even think this would go over well. Is there no one to whisper into his ear that this is a total folly? He needs somebody like that.

[bobduca]

17. His Advisors checked the internet for support

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1102

[Nay]

19. Maybe I'm blind, but this links to the BOG group, and I don't see anything to do with

Mr Obama's advisers checking the internet.

So, what did the advisers learn? Did they also check reliable polling on the subject, which to me would be more reflective of citizens' actual feelings as a whole?

[bobduca]

20. I made that up, re: his advisors checking the internet for support.

In my made up joke type scenario, the fictional advisors learned that they should post more Obama body surfing photo galleries.

[Nay]

21. Oh, sorry -- my sarcasm detector must be broken this morning! nt

[RC]

5. Just think of the Republican's election rhetoric.

What kind of defense is there against that? If they win, we will most assuredly go down the drain, pulling the opening closed behind us. Maybe that was the plan since 2008? We sure did not get who we elected then.

[villager]

10. We most certainly did not.

How did we get so badly fooled?

[RC]

11. The rumor is someone talked privately to Obama between the swearing in and his entering

the Oval Office.
He was not looking too well that evening. Anyway, that is what I keep hearing.

[Chipper Chat]

7. If He does

you can say hello in 2016 to President Chris Christie and Vice-Crazydent Rand Paul

[NightWatcher]

8. Going against the Congress (House) and will of the American people?

That's just a tad more heavy duty than a cigar and blowjob.

It won't be pretty at all and will most likely see a huge red tide come 2014. Political suicide for anyone touching it.

[Uncle Joe]

9. If the Congress votes no, I don't believe President Obama will launch an attack.

Perhaps this was his reasoning all along to extricate himself from an ambiguous, sticky, no win situation, I like to hope so anyway.

Thanks for the thread, merbex.

[LostOne4Ever]

13. He will abide by the vote

But if he didn't I would write my congressman (my senators are repub idiots so I can ignore them) asking him to put up a bill to immediately call for cessation of aggression and force the military to stand down.

[struggle4progress]

15. Obama Has No 'Intention' To Strike Syria If Congress Says No (NPR - 6 September)

by Mark Memmott
September 06, 2013 9:52 AM

"The president of course has the authority to act" even if Congress does not support his plan for a military strike on Syria, White House deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken host Steve Inskeep earlier today.

But Blinken also said of the president that it is "neither his desire nor his intention to use that authority absent Congress backing him" ...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/06/219626379/obama-has-no-intention-to-strike-syria-if-congress-says-no

[durablend]

16. Hey, where's all the cheerleaders

Telling us that they're absolutely ASHAMED that no one is standing by dear leader, who's only doing what's best for you (just like daddy).

[bobduca]

18. ...

Here they are...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023620052 Obama Plans Media Blitz Monday As Syria Vote Looms
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023621255 Rape in Syria
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023619299 Joint Statement on Syria

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. I will write a very strongly worded post right here on DU!! I'm not kidding now! I mean it!!