◼ Kerry's Syria Speech: All Emotion, No Mission Plan, and The POTUS is Backing Away (Includes Full Transcript) - Yid With Lid
◼ John Kerry: We Will Not Repeat Iraq Moment - - Susan Crabtree/Washington Examiner
◼ Obama no longer commands respect - Jennifer Rubin/Washington Post
DRUDGE HEADLINES:
◼ KERRY'S MOMENT... - Jonathan Allen/Politico
◼ Syria says US evidence 'entirely fabricated'... - France24
◼ UN analysis of samples could take two weeks... - Reuters
◼ WHITE HOUSE PISSED AT LEAKS... - Glenn Thrush/Politico
◼ Experts: Don't bomb chemical weapon sites... - AP
◼ U.S. turns on Britain... - New York Times
◼ Cameron first to lose war vote in Parliament since 1782! - Reuters
◼ 'Embarrassing'... - NYT
◼ FLASHBACK: Assad hosts Pelosi in Damascus... - NBC
◼ Obama 'not made any decisions'... - Reid J. Epstein/Politico
◼ Willing to go it alone... - NYT
◼ PENTAGON CAN'T AFFORD WAR; MUST SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDS - Washington Free Beacon
◼ SYRIA MOVES MISSILES, TROOPS... - Reuters
LUCIANNE HEADLINES:
◼ Obama´s Blundering Incompetence - Michael Reagan/Townhall
◼ The Audacity of the Haughty - Rush Limbaugh
◼ Frustrated Obama: I won´t be ‘paralyzed’ on Syria - Yahoo News, by Oliver Knox
◼ In Syria, U.S. goal ´not to get mocked´ - Orange County Register (Ca), by Mark Steyn
◼ Show of Farce - Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto
◼ Barack Obama is proving an embarrassing amateur on the world stage compared to George W. Bush - Nile Gardiner/Telegraph
◼ What Is the Point of a Syrian Intervention? - Victor Davis Hanson/National Review
If our attitude is that Obama screwed up, but that now the least-screwed-up remedy is to attack Syria, then we are indeed in bad shape.◼ Obama: Syria ´a challenge to the world´ - Reid J. Epstein/Politico
Of the bad and worse alternatives, the worse is attacking without specifying our aims, means, and desired results. Yet to do so would convince Obama to drop the idea.
If the objective is to weaken Assad without empowering al-Qaeda-like Islamists, then non-intervention serves that goal far better.
If the objective is to destroy WMD depots, and send a global lesson that they are taboo, where are they and how are we to take them out? And what of the irony that Assad is probably no worse a custodian of WMD than is the opposition that we would de facto aiding?
If the point is to save face after the empty rhetorical redlines, then at this late date a few hours of cruise missiles will be interpreted by those who count — Russia, Iran, China, North Korea — as a half-serious and pathetic attempt to restore credibility....
◼ Obama: No final decision on Syria, considering ‘a limited, narrow act’ - Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
◼ ´The British aren´t coming!´: US media mock Cameron´s failure to deliver on promise to back Obama in strikes against Syria - Daily Mail [UK], by Matt Chorley
◼ Nancy Pelosi the hawk tells President Obama to act on Syria - Jonathan Allen & Jake Sherman/Politico
◼ Sen. Rand Paul: Obama interested in ‘saving face’ on Syria - Seth McLaughlin/Washington Times (D.C)
◼ Why a nervous Hillary Clinton is remarkably silent on Syria - Nile Gardiner/Telegraph
◼ U.S. intelligence: Syrian government undertook deadly chemical attack - Ken Dilanian/LA Times
◼ Hollande says France is ‘ready’ to act against Syria; Kerry makes statement on situation - Anthony Faiola/Washington Post
(Headline appears to have changed to: John Kerry makes forceful case for U.S. military intervention in Syria)
◼ 5 Ways Obama’s Unseriousness Has Been Exposed by Syria Strike Chatter - Bryan Preston /PJMedia
1. Failure to consult Congress.◼ 10 Things Everyone Needs To Understand About A Military Strike In Syria - John Schindler/Business Insider
2. Failure to get buy-in from the American people.
3. No draft language for the UN to consider.
4. No military plan, no clear objective.
5. Lack of credible spokes men and women to obtain buy-in from the American people and the press.
MORE:
◼ Obama’s Absurd Pseudo Intelligence on Syria - Larry Johnson/No Quarter
◼ FOR IT AND AGAINST IT - Sultan Knish
◼ LATEST: Obama Discusses Possibilities of "Limited, Narrow" Act in Syria - IJ Review
GREAT! Krauthammer: Vindicating the Vanity and Ego of a President Who's Become a Laughingstock Around the World Is No Reason to Go to War
— Du Crusoe (@DuCrusoe) August 31, 2013
◼ OBAMA PROMISES SYRIA STRIKE WILL HAVE NO OBJECTIVE - The New Yorker
“It may take twenty-four hours, but it could also take twelve,” Mr. Carney said.
“Maybe we get in there, take a look around, and get out right away. But however long it takes, one thing will not change: this mission will have no point. The President is resolute about that.”
