A number of Senators have begun clamoring for us to intervene in yet another nation. This time, the country of choice for us to get involved in is Syria. Here is the current roll call of these proud patriots who are willing to send a number of enlisted men and women to defend foreign nations in which we have little or no national interest. I’m sure that this list will expand.
Today, in a joint statement, the Three Amigos (McCain, Lieberman, and Graham) wrote, “We urge President Obama to state unequivocally — as he did in the case of (Libyan leader Moamer) Kadhafi and (Egyptian President Hosni) Mubarak — that it is time for Assad to go.” They also claimed that we need to take ‘tangible diplomatic and economic measures’ that will pressure the Assad regime into ceding control of Syria to the rebels. They argue that Assad has lost the legitimacy to rule in the Middle Eastern nation.
Yesterday, John Kyl (R-AZ) called for the US to ally with those who are rebelling against Assad in Syria. He claimed that our nation has done little to aid the Syrian people who are uprising against the Syrian government. “At a minimum, the Administration should recall Ambassador (Robert) Ford, impose asset freezes and travel bans in cooperation with our European allies, and sanction any entity involved in cooperation between the Iranian leadership and the Assad regime.”
Over the weekend, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said that the United States should encourage an uprising in Syria, but hesitated in calling for military intervention. Blumenthal, who ‘served’ in the Vietnam War from the late 1980s until he ran for the Senate last year, apparently has rapidly moved into the interventionist mode preferred by his Connecticut constituents. I’ve always found it interesting that the state that has among the lowest percentage of its residents who enlist in the Armed Forces has senators who are among the most anxious for us to get involved in foreign countries in which we have little or no national interest.
Mark Kirk (R-IL), another newbie senator, has also quickly figured out which side of his bread is buttered by following in line. He said that America has a need to use diplomatic pressure to undermine the Syrian regime.
It’s always good to see bipartisanship in action. Also, as someone who watches sports a lot, I’m glad whenever records can be broken. Well, right now we’re in the middle of three wars, with none of them showing any sign of ending soon. I might be incorrect, but I think this is tied for the most countries we have been fighting against at once since World War II (perhaps the last war in which most of the senators above have had any family members who served in combat). So, if we can just figure out how to get our military involved in Syria, regardless of what public opinion has to say, we’ll break the record. Hooray!!
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April 28th, 2011 at 9:01 am
The Middle East appears to be blowing up. If the people who are uprising can be helped with food, water, and medical supplies, I support that. Provided they are uprising for good reason. But no more military engagements. We cannot seem to get in and get out in that region of the country any more, and further, I do not support funneling any more weaponry to that region.
April 28th, 2011 at 9:17 am
I read someplace recently that Egypt is now threatening to dump its treaty with Israel. I wonder what these legislators think about that interesting turn of events.
April 28th, 2011 at 10:19 am
There ya go, let us stick our noses someplace else where it is unwanted.
It is true that Egypt is shifting to an anti-Israel policy. There will be another war soon. My guess would be in the next 18-months or so. That way they can count on a lack of action by Obama.
April 28th, 2011 at 10:27 am
all of these insurrections are a result of the Bush policys, the invasion of iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, and in some ways lebanon, oh and now libya. that is not to say these governments are problems onto themselves and indigenous in the making, but when the whole post ottaman/british emprire occupied lands so erupt, you can bet bush never thought or saw these unforseen consequences One thing is for sure, it takes forever to get out of one’ of these “countries” once you step into them with your own military. Do you really thing these people are worth the lives of our own troops and our treasury and our mindset? They aren’t normal to begin with.
April 28th, 2011 at 10:49 am
Brian, I guess I just don’t see how Bush’s policies are directly connected to what’s happening over there. I think it would have eventually happened anyway. The Middle East has been ruled by tyrants for decades, and the oil wealth has been grossly horded by a very few. Combine that with food shortages and droughts that many of us in our comfortable homes aren’t even aware are happening over there. Seems uprisings were inevitable.
April 28th, 2011 at 10:58 am
yes I think so, but remember bush’s universal freedom speech a while after the iraq and afg. war invasions? Obama gave one too. I think bush upset the delicate balance over there, and then the social media, cell phones, etc. offered an alternative way to organize, some of which they learned from the recent Iranian uprisings a year before. The sad part, is us buying gas, puts up the price of gas and finances their governments. Sad that all the leaders want to pass the governments on to their heirs even if it means murdering many of their own people.
April 28th, 2011 at 11:00 am
“all of these insurrections are a result of the Bush policys, the invasion of iraq,”
Awww shut the fck up with your Bush bullsht.
The middle east has been a third world pi$$ pot all runnin around fighting with each other for decades before Bush was a glimmer.
“They aren’t normal to begin with.”
Your pedophile Muslim buddy Yazan would not appreciate that statement at all
April 28th, 2011 at 11:02 am
micky are you clocked in already?
April 28th, 2011 at 11:03 am
If any U.S president ever had a negative impact on the middle east it was Carter.
Ask Iran, that big elephant in the room the present anti Semitic dickhead in chief ignores.
April 28th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Brian;
“micky are you clocked in already?”
Cant argue the facts..
can you ass-hole ?
April 28th, 2011 at 11:09 am
the fact is your a bully, you make up lies about me, and talk vulgar just to try and get people you don’t like to leave. you sure can’t make up stuff to deny that can you micky?
April 28th, 2011 at 11:14 am
I don’t know if these insurrections are good or not for America, but it doesn’t seem circumstances were very happy for citizens of these countries for a very, very long time.
April 28th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Ginnie,
I just don’t see how the happiness of some people in other countries is enough reason for us to keep getting involved in their business. My guess is that if there were mandatory conscription, most of the senators would agree with me.
April 28th, 2011 at 11:39 am
“the fact is your a bully, you make up lies about me, and talk vulgar just to try and get people you don’t like to leave. you sure can’t make up stuff to deny that can you micky?”
Brian, even Ginnie isnt buying your ‘blame Bush crap’
The fact is, you talk out your partisan ass without thinking.
Any cursory tour of the middle east and its history will prove you clueless.
Please dont make me bust out the facts involving Carters brokered deal that lead to Sadats assassination, Mubarak being president and his administration arming Egypt to the teeth and paying them billions to leave Israel alone, seal the border, etc.
You dont know what you’re talking about.
There isnt a president in the last 50 years that hasnt tried to promote democracy in the middle east and you want to blame it all on Bushs one pro democracy speech.
You have no idea how stupid you sound.
This is more a result of tribal conflictions that have been going on for centuries that radicals would only love to take advantage of, as history has taught us.
Now go ahead, be clueless, and continue making this about me(or Bush).
I’d expect no less
April 28th, 2011 at 11:48 am
“The Middle East appears to be blowing up. If the people who are uprising can be helped with food, water, and medical supplies, I support that. Provided they are uprising for good reason..”
Ginnie? I want to live where you live. Obviously you have no poverty or homeless people there.
There are needy people in the USA and you want to supply some foreign country with aid “provided they are uprising for a good reason”???
Ever heard of the Muslim Brotherhood? They started organizing in 1928. Check OUT their “motives” and “reasons”.
Last week I participated in Random Act of Kindness Day. There is an Amish Community about 30 miles from me. I went there to give them something BUT no way. They gave me homemade bread,fresh honey with the comb and a handmade quilt. They told me to find a family who needed these things.So I added my canned goods and a $20 gas card and drove around until I found a run down house with small kids playing in the front yard.The mother was freaked out.She kept looking at me like I was a ghost. She kept saying HOW did you know? We are having hard times since my husband lost his job. I asked the ages of her children so that one day I could return and bring them something special. I plan to go to Goodwill find some toys clean them up and return next month.
Her name is Katy.I didn’t ask for her last name.It doesn’t matter.She asked me where I was from….I said AMERICA.
April 28th, 2011 at 11:56 am
micky your such a manipulator bringing in others simply because you think it will make it easier for you to win and its in your abusive nature to do so. your really a piece of bad work is for sure. do you not recall bush’s big freedom speech? it was a big deal at the time. He was high and thought the us could get everyone to demand freedom and that was when our middle 4east focus was even higher than it is now. You can’t say it automatically made all this happen, but it encouraged it. now your going to tell me bush never made such a speech and call me a liar again.
April 28th, 2011 at 11:58 am
I can remember seeing a clip of pre governemnt jr. bush giving a sales presentation at an business meeting where he looked frazzled and it didn’t even sound like a good deal. I thought, well he continued this in government and made that freedom speech promising freedom, and now those poor people in the middle east are going for it with high hopes but not enough support. Just one more mess in a litany of bush messes.
April 28th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
well mickey how big of you to take no responsibility for your bad actions against others.I bet half of the trouble you got in was exactly for that in a repeating pattern. I am not sure if being nice to some so you can be off the wall mean to others is actually making amends when balancing day comes due.
April 28th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
sorry I left the intense negativity micky brought to this thread my way for a little bit so I could make something positive, and that is a big full shepard’s pie casserole with bisquits and cheese on top. Its baking now. So yes, there are better ways to spend ones time.
April 28th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
“now your going to tell me bush never made such a speech and call me a liar again.”
“do you not recall bush’s big freedom speech? ”
Actually ass-hole I mentioned he did make a speech.
The point is I’m not blaming this unrest on Bush…got it ?
Try again buttmunch
April 28th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
speaking of the positive, yes I think its more fun and satisfying to personally bring help to a person rather than just pay some anonymous like charity that will only burn some of it up in administrative costs(usually). The Amish are very self sufficient. It would be interesting to learn how they do it. The Mormans stockpile a lot of supplies for anything imaginable as well.
April 28th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
“So yes, there are better ways to spend ones time.’
Who gives a sht ?
Theres been so many dynamics at play in the middle east for decades now and all your little mind can come up with is “Its Bushs fault”
truly absolutely pathetic
April 28th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
the point is, while you were bringing satanic negativity to my blog in an insulative/ assaultive fashion really, I found a more positive productive way to be rather than in your negative field. Don’t blog after each and everyone of my blogs and find someone else to stalk, that would be nice.
April 28th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
“the point is, while you were bringing satanic negativity to my blog ”
Its not your blog.
Its RPs.
“in an insulative/ assaultive fashion really, I found a more positive productive way to be rather than in your negative field.”
Nyah, bullsht. You just cant make a factual debate so you baked a pie.
” Don’t blog after each and everyone of my blogs and find someone else to stalk, that would be nice.”
Yeah, would be nice, but it aint gonna happen.
Stop trying to pump everyone full of bullsht and I’ll treat you accordingly.
Its my patriotic duty to make sure liars like you are exposed the the benefit of future generations
April 28th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Brian “knows for a fact” that Walker forced his views on Wisconsin.
Never proved it.
Brian “knows for a fact’ that “Bush intentionally cooked the books to make the case for war”
Never proved it.
Yesterday, Brian made the false claim that I called him a liar on the birther issue with no example to back it up.
Brian lies all the time.
I’ve proved it