Obama's State of Confusion Address Tonight 9:00 pm eastern (US)

Was that a Saturday Night Live sketch? Well I didn't get it..

Seeing McCain and Grahams reaction is going to be priceless.Those 2 puppets will rave and rant it will be classic TV.Graham is on CNN trying to push for a yes vote.I guess The President's speech was on way past McCain's bedtime.

adjensen

eLPresidente
Rand Paul's response to Obama #Syria speech.

This guy needs to be our next President.

hahahaaha you ding bats had the chance, you should have voted for his father, you all should have stood up and knocked down your government before Obama world wide Baby killer took an oath with his fingers crossed behind his back.

it was obvious to the world that Ron Paul was the chosen man for the job.

Whateva

Putin has hit the Obama Adminstration with so many left's they are beginning for a right. He is running circles around Obama & Kerry - they should just get on Kerry's yacht and sail off into the sunset. It's amateur hour over there.

What a goof. Time for a grown-up in office. What a confused, hot-mess disaster he is.

Does anyone, right, left or centrist have any confidence in this guy to do anything right?

He lacks confidence, has no ability to make a decision and he lacks courage.

Not going to bomb the crap out of Syria=Good

Not coming out and admitting you made a Mistake=Childish at the very least.

So .. our only hope is now that Obama is becoming a lame duck for the reminder of this term.

sheepslayer247
Judging by most of the responses...most of you have no clue what just happened.

Obama said that action is needed to secure the national security of the US and then said that they pose no threat to our national security.

That has been the cornerstone of every politicians argument when it comes to supporting or funding intervention oversees!

Also, it seems as though its ok to side with terrorists, like Al Queda, when the situation presents itself.

I do not want to bomb Syria.....but I also didnt expect our president to come out and contradict the very propaganda that started these wars since 911.

Essentially, that is what happened.

I would rather he make us look weak than to take any action here. He screwed up by speaking up. But I would absolutely rather look dumb and admit being wrong, than to wrongfully move forward. Pretty much like you said.

what is painfully obvious to me, here, is that any action would be less about security, and more about retalition. Policing. "Sending a message" (???).

Only truly weak, obnoxious nations "send a message". North Korea comes to mind.

The whole thing is stupid. If we strike, i absolutely hope my nation erupts over it.

BHO has the gall to say in his Syria speech this evening.

..."with no distinction between soldier and infant,"...

What!!! The former senator from Illinois voted more than once against the baby who SURVIVES an abortion amendment. During Obama's presidency, approval of 13 year olds without parent signing, can pick up the killing WARFARE CHEMICAL, the "morning after" pill. The CHEMICAL so strong, it has killed some mothers too~!

I am to the point, I can't stand the sound of his voice.

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Interesting speech by the POTUS. I am glad that the POTUS indicated that even though we carry the big stick and will use it if necessary, we will give diplomacy a chance. I think if Bushivus II (along with Darth Cheney) was POTUS when this occurred we would be seeing "Shock & Awe" Part II on t.v. as of last week.
Another thing that surprised me was the good chess move Russia did concerning this situation. They are the other superpower, and they are protecting their gas pipeline interests that go into Europe. I get the feeling it was a premeditated move. It could be brilliant or disastrous for them.

I just figured it out! This would explain how two seemingly intelligent people came off dumb but now not?

Kerry takes credit for averting disaster and Obamas a dead duck. Kerry runs for President "I can save countries offhandedly you know, vote for me and try some ketchup."

Reminds me of this...



Seriously...you cannot write better comedy...

This also makes me wonder. If you take Final Destination and apply it to PNAC then what happens next?

Does Syria get passed and death moves to the next seat on the bus? Lebanon? Or right for Iran? So would Syria now be safe until Iran is attacked. And what if Lebanon and Iran both dodge bullets like Syria did today? I guess that means Syria gets it again. You can't escape death.

On a side note, to say there was a lot of prays to avert disaster is an understatement. Never in a million years would i expect an offhand comment to save a country and possibly the world. You want proof God exists? There it is.

But..A part of the Russian proposal is this little detail: "The plan can work only in the event that we hear that the American side and those who support the US, in this sense, reject the use of force."
Which leaves us approximately in the same boat, save a few days to weeks of political squabbling.

If More-Bama has you confused about where he stands, then he is doing his job perfectly.

Sowing confusion is by design. It keeps us divided, the "enemy" guessing and the wheels turning.

Thats why its called "politics".

None of us Could really know what's going on. They are highly secretive plus trained to make announcements and make us Stupid Hahaha. Personally Icould make improvements to the U.S in my opinion they could need Me.

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They will continue to try to get into Syria.Lebanon is not important enough and is considered to be an "Israeli Problem rather an American one.But,I'm sure they will come up with something.

A couple of thoughts on the speech.

1. I like others have pointed out, am appalled by the suggestion that people watch videos of kids dying as proof rather than show us the classified "proof" they have. This appeal to emotional response rather than logic is unethical.

By that logic, can we then judge the US based on videos of our aircraft killing innocent children, or pics of drone strikes that have killed children?

2. I find it strange that he blatantly admits Assad can't hurt the US ad even said Isreal would easily defeat him if he tried anything there. Then why get involved?

3. When discussing why not to overthrow the regime, he says thats not the US way. But isn't that what we did in Libya.

Also the fact that Assad knows we won't come after him, then how is this punishing him? The people that will really be punished are the innocents that will die will our missle strikes.

4. He menitons that diplomacy was only possible because the threat of violence. Well I think on the US diplomacy was only possible because the massive outcry against an attack.

Its funny to see people on this thread even applauding Obama for using diplomacy. If he had his way, we would have attacked two weeks ago.

And as much as I hope this isn't the case, I bet he will still try and find an excuse to attack. Perhaps they will have classified intel that Assad still has chemicals hidden after he gives them up, and it will be on again.

5. I find the argument that not atacking will cause other rogue states to use chemical weapons interesting. This implies that there are leaders out there that are so psychotic that they are just waiting for their chance to do this.

Well for arguments sake lets say this is true, that there are crazy world leaders. Wouldn't striking Syria equally embolden rogues to use chemicals and blame other hactors, knowing that the US has set the precedent that they will attack that enemy without UN support?

6. The claim no boots on the ground is assuming a world where the strikes work perfectly. If Assad strikes back at the US, or they can't disable all the weapons, boots will be put on the ground.

7. The outrage agianst chemical weapons from Obama seems phony to me. He says in the speech that all of these nations have decided these weapons are bad, and that is reason enough to go in.

But all of those nations also say things like cluster bombs should be outlawed. But the US just recently sold a whole bunch of them to Saudia Arabia. Why wasn't the rest of the worlds opinion important on that issue.

Personally, I feel Vladimir Putin has played Obama, Kerry, Clinton etc. just like the string section of an orchestra.

Seems the Obama administration, composed of incompetent amateurs as they evidently are, simply can't compete with the Mafia Prince of Russia.

What a pathetic, disgusting mess! No good move anywhere.

Correct me if I'm wrong but did he call America a Constitutional Democracy?