Not Like Bush at All: Obama Says No Boots On the Ground Or Long Campaign in Syria

[Tx4obama]

Not Like Bush at All: Obama Says No Boots On the Ground Or Long Campaign in Syria

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In a very way that was very unlike Bush, President Obama stated that he has not made a decision on military action in Syria, but he said that any response would be short, and not involve troops on the ground.

President Obama said, “We’re not considering any open commitment. We’re not considering a boots on the ground approach.” What the president wants is a narrow response that is designed to deal with the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons. These were the right comments to make to reassure a country that is still reeling from the wars in Iraq in Afghanistan that he isn’t going the cowboy route of George W. Bush.

Obama also said that no final decision has been made on a possible strike against Syria, but it is clear that the president is trying to make the humanitarian case that the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated. By declassifying and releasing the information about the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons, the president will be providing real evidence of an atrocity that has killed more than 1,000 Syrians.

Some on the left will not be satisfied with a president who is presenting real evidence and trying to build a consensus for a very limited military response. They will scream warmonger, even though there is no war. They will ignore the nearly century long history of international law prohibiting the use of chemical weapons. They will ignore all facts, because to them any president who uses military force in any way is a warmonger.

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/30/bush-all-obama-boots-ground-long-campaign-syria.html

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. "Some on the left will not be satisfied with a president who is presenting real evidence..."

It is not the job of the USA to attack Syria. I'm curious why some believe that it is.

Arm the rebels better and let them take care of it.

[yurbud]

5. it's the job of politicians to screw or kill whoever their big donors tell them too

[daa]

2. No there are alwasys TWO sidws when the missles fly. He doesn't pick what happens next nt

[bowens43]

3. 'Obama says' doesn't exactly instill confidence......

besides that no boots on the ground doesnt mean a goddamn thing. Boots on the ground or cruise missiles in the air, no fucking difference

we haveno business getting involved. Period.

[yurbud]

4. so you figure killing is okay a long as no Americans are harmed?

[Tx4obama]

6. I am not the author of the article and I did not post commentary in the OP...

... so I do not know what you are referring to.

[mazzarro]

9. What You Posted Reflects The Message You Are Presenting To The Forumn

Since you did not include any commentary of yours in the posting, you are very much in agreement with the article you have referenced in your posting. So, in other words, the article is your opinion.

[Tx4obama]

10. IMO, what you said is hogwash. I do not agree with everything that an author says...

... in all of the articles that I post on DU.

Saying that the article is my opinion is nuts.

Folk on DU post all sorts of things - some they agree with and others they do not.

[Jefferson23]

7. If the U.S. strikes, how do they control the reaction? n/t

[Brigid]

8. I don't care.

No matter how you slice it, we can't afford yet another war.