Chris
03-01-2013, 08:33 AM
Another thread explores Obama's alternative universe re the economy. This ine is even stranger!
The Obama Administration could soon announce a change in its policy toward Syria, the Washington Post reports. That change would likely include providing arms to some of President Basher Assad’s opposition.
We knew something like this might be coming. While President Barack Obama had said he opposed plans--backed by then-CIA director David Petraeus, then-secretary of defense Leon Panetta, and then-secretary of state Hilary Clinton--to directly arm Syrian rebels, The New York Times reported earlier this month that the president was reconsidering that stance. If Obama commits the U.S. to arming Syrian rebels, it will be the latest example of Obama thinking and acting like a neoconservative.
Ann Coulter put this brand of neoconservatism on display recently during an appearance on Stossel, where she said that countries like Syria and Iran were good candidates for “regime change” and that support for "insurgents" should be considered. On the Hill, Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have been arguing that the U.S. should be arming the rebels in Syria, saying that doing so would weaken Iran’s influence in the Middle East and hasten Assad’s downfall.
@ Obama and Neocons Seem Aligned in Pushing for Problematic Syrian Involvement (http://reason.com/archives/2013/02/27/increasing-popularity-of-jihadist-groups)
Obama, Neocons, Anne Coulter, McCain and Graham all in bed together, hard to picture such political porn! :shocked:
The Obama Administration could soon announce a change in its policy toward Syria, the Washington Post reports. That change would likely include providing arms to some of President Basher Assad’s opposition.
We knew something like this might be coming. While President Barack Obama had said he opposed plans--backed by then-CIA director David Petraeus, then-secretary of defense Leon Panetta, and then-secretary of state Hilary Clinton--to directly arm Syrian rebels, The New York Times reported earlier this month that the president was reconsidering that stance. If Obama commits the U.S. to arming Syrian rebels, it will be the latest example of Obama thinking and acting like a neoconservative.
Ann Coulter put this brand of neoconservatism on display recently during an appearance on Stossel, where she said that countries like Syria and Iran were good candidates for “regime change” and that support for "insurgents" should be considered. On the Hill, Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have been arguing that the U.S. should be arming the rebels in Syria, saying that doing so would weaken Iran’s influence in the Middle East and hasten Assad’s downfall.
@ Obama and Neocons Seem Aligned in Pushing for Problematic Syrian Involvement (http://reason.com/archives/2013/02/27/increasing-popularity-of-jihadist-groups)
Obama, Neocons, Anne Coulter, McCain and Graham all in bed together, hard to picture such political porn! :shocked: