Kerry opens door to 'boots on ground' in Syria, then slams it shut

[LiberalElite]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry briefly opened the door on Tuesday to authorizing U.S. ground troops in Syria, but quickly slammed it shut and told Congress that any resolution approving military force would prohibit "boots on the ground."

The exchange during the first public hearing in Congress on possible military action in Syria highlighted the worries of many lawmakers about authorizing U.S. military strikes to punish the Syrian government for using chemical weapons on civilians.

Kerry initially told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would prefer not to bar the use of ground troops in Syria to preserve President Barack Obama's options if Syria "imploded" or there was a threat of chemical weapons being obtained by extremists.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-syria-crisis-usa-kerry-idUSBRE9820ZR20130903

[Arctic Dave]

1. Slip of the old tounge.

Loose lips sink war plans.

[LiberalElite]

2. Yep. nt

[blkmusclmachine]

3. He was for it before he was against it.

[Supersedeas]

10. a slapped door loaded and jammed with caveats and conditions

[daleo]

4. War is like potato chips

Once you start, it's hard to stop.

[polichick]

7. Not just any potato chips - Classic Lays!

[polichick]

5. Inadvertently letting us in on the real plan?

[Jefferson23]

6. Why would he prefer it, he does not say.

Essentially, it would be preferable not to have the constraint not because there’s any intention or any desire
whatsoever to put boots on the ground.

Anyone ask him why he would prefer it that way?

[Tx4obama]

8. What he really said was basically that THIS resolution would NOT allow for boots on the ground

and that AFTER this intervention - what might happen in the future would have nothing to do with THIS current resolution - it would be a new different issue.

[another_liberal]

9. If you intend to remove Assad, and you do, Mr. Secretary . . .

That door will pop open again quite soon.

[madrchsod]

11. kerry sliced and diced rand paul today

he made rand look like the fool that he is. if rand thinks he`s presidential material he`s delusional.

[Kolesar]

13. Dang, I missed it

Had a busy evening

[jakeXT]

14. I liked that qoute

Sen Paul: If Assad did it he's irrational, and now you're going to deter him and have him become rational?

https://twitter.com/davidcnswanson/status/375011993138524161

[jwirr]

12. On the Last Word tonight they said that the congress is voting on a specific agreement that limits

the use of military power to 90 days and specifies NO boots on the ground. That is better than what they gave bushie but not much better. I wish there was something in it about waiting for more evidence from the UN inspectors.