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War To Make Washington Safe For Obama?

Has it really come to this? From Politico: Proof and peril of the chemical weapons attack haven’t convinced Congress — at least not yet — and the politics point to defeat. So Obama’s last best hope is to convince conflicted Democrats, even if it’s just implicit in private conversations, that they can’t be the ones […]

Has it really come to this? From Politico:

Proof and peril of the chemical weapons attack haven’t convinced Congress — at least not yet — and the politics point to defeat. So Obama’s last best hope is to convince conflicted Democrats, even if it’s just implicit in private conversations, that they can’t be the ones who cripple his presidency and his ability to deliver the party’s priorities, according to Democrats on Capitol Hill and close to the White House.

In other words, the words to Congressional Democrats is that they have to approve sending Tomahawk cruise missiles into Syria, potentially killing innocent Syrians, drawing American deeper into a civil war, and likely setting up the mass murder of Christians and non-Sunni Muslims if Assad falls — all to keep President Obama politically viable.

That’s your 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

There are no words. Well, there are words, but that would make this blog post not safe for work.

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