We are going to war because Obama went off teleprompter. #ThatsIt
— American Elephant (@AmericnElephant) September 4, 2013
◼ link - Ed O'Keefe/Washington Post
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached an agreement late Tuesday on wording of a new resolution authorizing U.S. military force against the Syrian government.◼ I’ll cripple Bashar Assad to set Syria free, says Barack Obama - Macer Hall and Martyn Brown/Express.uk
The resolution would permit up to 90 days of military action against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, beginning with 60 days and the option of 30 more pending President Obama’s notification of Congress, according to a copy of the resolution provided by Senate aides.
◼ John Kerry stumbles as he puts case for Syria attack to Congress - Raf Sanchez/Telegraph
◼ Hillary Clinton voices support for Barack Obama´s Syria plan - Bonnie Malkin/Telegraph
◼ NY Times Public Editor: Syria Coverage Not 'Consistently Skeptical' - Larry O´Connor/Breitbart Big Journalism
◼ McCain plays poker on iPhone during Syria hearing - AP
◼ Obama´s inept foreign policy - Glenn Harlan Reynolds/USA Today
◼ Rand Paul Grills Kerry on Whether Obama Will Honor Congress’ Vote or Make ‘Constitutional Theater’ - Andrew Kirell/Mediaite
◼ We want to topple Assad: Obama raises stakes as No10 refuses to rule out more help for Syria rebels - James Chapman/Daily Mail
US President plotting wider attacks on Syrian regime, says ex-General◼ Goldberg: Obama Could Create
But UK military chiefs excluded from US meetings after Commons vote
Foreign Secretary William Hague rules out a second debate in Parliament
Insists David Cameron will use G20 this week to push for global action
‘Unnecessary Constitutional Crisis’ - National Review Online
◼ Susan Rice: White House has ´no expectation´ of losing Syria vote - The Hill
◼ 12 key voices in Congress for the Syria debate - Ed O'Keefe/Washington Post
◼ John Kerry Was For Assad Before He Was Against Him - IBD Editorial
Syria: A commander in chief who ignored the first 100,000 deaths in Syria sends his secretary of state to defend the urgency of a delayed attack with unneeded congressional approval against a "Hitler" Kerry dined with.◼ Syria Vote Is A Political Trap Republicans Can Avoid - IBD Editorial
Then-Sen. Kerry must have been one of the people then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had in mind when, on CBS' "Face The Nation" in 2011, she said, without disputing the assessment:
"Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he (dictator Bashar Assad) is a reformer."
Certainly Kerry shared that assessment, speaking with high praise of Assad at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 2011.
"So my judgment is that Syria will move," he said. "Syria will change as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West, and economic opportunity that comes with it and the participation that comes with it."
Kerry praised Assad later in 2011 as being a "very generous" man.
◼ Most in U.S. oppose Syria strike, Post-ABC poll finds - Scott Clement/Washington Post
◼ Obama is Replacing Oil Price-Stabilizing Dictators with Militant Islamist Dictators - RUSH
◼ The Numbers That Explain Why Congress May Bail on Obama’s Syria Attack - Joshua Green/Bloomberg Businessweek
◼ Obama seeks an accomplice for Syria action - George F. Will/Washington Post
◼ Coulter: ´Now the world is laughing at us´ - Daily Caller
◼ UN chief warns ‘punitive’ strike on Syria for alleged gas attack could unleash more turmoil - AP
◼ Sarah Palin: ´Let Allah sort it out´ in Syria - By George Talbot
◼ Boehner, Pelosi Unite Behind President On Syria - NPR
◼ Boehner, Cantor Back Syria Strike - Roll Call
◼ US general says Syria action could be ´more substantial than thought´ - The Telegraph
