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McCain Fears Consequences of Syria No Vote

September 3, 2013 Buck Banks

A rejection, a vote against that resolution by Congress, I think would be catastrophic because it would undermine the credibility of the United States and the president.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by Roll Call, on the resolution to attack Syria over its use of chemical weapons.

GOP Staking Out ‘Pretty Thin’ as Its Position on Syria Justification

September 3, 2013 Buck Banks

Yes, I saw the classified documents yesterday. They were pretty thin.

— Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), quoted by The Hill, after a briefing on the Obama administration’s evidence that Syria used chemical weapons against its own people.

Obama Administration’s Handling of Syria a Case Study in How Not to Do Foreign policy

September 3, 2013 Buck Banks

Whatever your views on the larger issues, it’s hard not to conclude that the administration’s handling of Syria over the last year has been a case study in how not to do foreign policy.

— Fareed Zakaria, writing on CNN.com.

Big Majority Say Copngressional Approval Required for Syria Intervention

August 30, 2013 Buck Banks

80%

Of Americans believe President Obama should receive congressional approval before using force in Syria, a new NBC News poll finds. Key findings: 50% believe the United States should not intervene in the wake of suspected chemical weapons attacks by Syrian President Bashar Assad. But 50% favor military action limited to launching cruise missiles from U.S. naval ships, while 44% oppose it.

U.K. Parliament Votes Down Syria Strike

August 30, 2013 Buck Banks

285 to 272

The tally from yesterday’s vote in the United Kingdom’s Parliament against military strikes in Syria.

Syrian Air Strikes Would Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

August 29, 2013 Buck Banks

$1.4 million

Cost of one Tomahawk Land Attack Missile. Defense experts say a Syrian strike would be similar to the 2011 strike on Libya to oust Moammar Gadhafi, which cost the U.S. $600 million in the first few weeks of the campaign, according to defense news.

Large Majority Opposes Syria Intervention

June 18, 2013 Buck Banks

70%

Of Americans oppose the U.S. sending arms and military supplies to rebels in Syria while 27% favor the move, a new Pew Research poll finds, and 68% of Americans say the country is too overcommitted in other issues to get involved in another conflict.

Palin: Let Allah Sort Out Syria

June 18, 2013 Buck Banks

Until we have a commander in chief who knows what he is doing … let Allah sort it out!

— Sarah Palin, quoted by The Hill, saying the United States should not intervene in Syria.

We Like Rebels

June 17, 2013 Buck Banks

Syrian rebels: “The U.S. waited until after they gassed us,
To arm us to defeat Assad’s regime in Damascus.”
Uncle Sam: “We wanted the truth,
Or what could pass for proof,
For we don’t foment civil war just because you ask us!”

Obama Syria Decision the Worst for America

June 17, 2013 Buck Banks

Well, we don’t yet quite know what’s in the works – but once you start arming one side of a civil war, you become part of that civil war; the other side may target you; and as this sectarian conflict deepens across the region, the US will be seen as a Sunni power fighting Shiites. I cannot think of a worse policy position for this country – to take stand on the sectarian fault-line of the Muslim world and back one side over another. You think the other side won’t notice? You think Americans wouldn’t be targeted for this kind of meddling? Let Putin get bogged down in this hell, if he remains so 19th Century he feels he must. But we should have zero interest in that ancient religious dispute; zero.

A rejection, a vote against that resolution by Congress, I think would be catastrophic because it would undermine the credibility of the United States and the president.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by Roll Call, on the resolution to attack Syria over its use of chemical weapons.

Yes, I saw the classified documents yesterday. They were pretty thin.

— Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), quoted by The Hill, after a briefing on the Obama administration’s evidence that Syria used chemical weapons against its own people.

Whatever your views on the larger issues, it’s hard not to conclude that the administration’s handling of Syria over the last year has been a case study in how not to do foreign policy.

— Fareed Zakaria, writing on CNN.com.

80%

285 to 272

The tally from yesterday’s vote in the United Kingdom’s Parliament against military strikes in Syria.

$1.4 million

Cost of one Tomahawk Land Attack Missile. Defense experts say a Syrian strike would be similar to the 2011 strike on Libya to oust Moammar Gadhafi, which cost the U.S. $600 million in the first few weeks of the campaign, according to defense news.

70%

Of Americans oppose the U.S. sending arms and military supplies to rebels in Syria while 27% favor the move, a new Pew Research poll finds, and 68% of Americans say the country is too overcommitted in other issues to get involved in another conflict.

Until we have a commander in chief who knows what he is doing … let Allah sort it out!

— Sarah Palin, quoted by The Hill, saying the United States should not intervene in Syria.

— Andrew Sullivan, writing in The Dish.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%