Mornin Ttwtt. :2wave: Yep, Obama was told by McCain.....then he was told by Russia and China yesterday. Late like! This drive By will do nothing but show that we can do whatever the hell we want. It's Not Regime Change Obama wants. So says Jay Carney. Yet how does this stand up with Obama saying Assad must go. Cant be saying regime change and now come back and say. Its not for Regime Change. Its so we can punishing Assad for using Chems. Even tho then we would have to go punish those Sunni Rebels for using them.....huh?
See how the French can't think beyond the words that come out of their mouths.
But Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., an influential voice on military matters, pressed the administration to go further, calling for the U.S. and its allies to provide weapons to "the resistance on the ground."
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The important part of this whole situation is, is this just going to be just a retaliatory strike that has no lasting impact or something that changes the momentum on the ground in Syria?" McCain told reporters in Mesa, Ariz., after an event on immigration reform.
Tuesday, a fifth guided-missile destroyer, the USS Stout, also entered the Mediterranean, through the Straights of Gibraltar, but officials said it wouldn't take part in any cruise missile attack.
"The four destroyers now in place have more than enough cruise missiles," one official said.
Some U.S. allies, notably Britain, have signaled that a limited strike could take place without Security Council approval. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it would be a "very grave violation of international law," and China said through its government-run news service that the U.S. must refrain from "hasty armed intervention.".....snip~
Military strikes on Syria 'as early as Thursday,' US officials say - World News
Edit.....that 5th Destroyer.....is in case Assad has any Russian P800 missiles. It is a ship killer. One Strike!
Now what happens if Assad sinks one of our Ships.....for attacking him without a UN Resolution?