Stormy Monday, 8/26/13

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Jeff Rosenzweig: Stormy Monday, 8/26/13

With Syria roiling and the situation increasingly unpredictable, the White House has announced that it “will be consulting appropriately with the Congress” about next steps. Once he’s received their advice, the President will at least be in a better position to know what not to do. It was reported this afternoon that the White House has had “preliminary communication” with John Boehner regarding Syria.

John Kerry delivered scathing remarks at the State Department today, confirming the Administration’s belief that the Syrian regime is guilty of carrying out chemical weapons attacks on civilians, actions Kerry described as “a moral obscenity.”

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey is in Jordan for a two-day summit with defense officials from Jordan and other nations, where the topic of Syria is no doubt on the agenda. Last week, Dempsey implied that US military involvement in the Syrian conflict is unlikely.

A new poll, meanwhile, indicates that roughly 60% of Americans oppose US military involvement in Syria, but if roughly half of respondents were Republicans, their answers were of course wrong, no matter which position they took...

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