Has the "Red Line" been crossed?

[PLATO]

It's easy for congressional dimwits to throw stones when they aren't the ones that have to worry about Russia.

Since when did Congress stop worrying about Russia? Doesn't everyone worry about Russia?

[dannubis]

Only if you read into his post in that manner. I took it as, better the weapons stay in Syria, which is already 60 tons of ****ed up in a 20 pound bag, than they cross national borders triggering goddamned World War III.

Not "stay" but "use" was his exact word.

The causality of that is that Kuci Jr said he'd rather have dead Arabs than dead Jews, which is... racist.

[dannubis]

Bingo.

Backpedaling...

[Sava]

Since when did Congress stop worrying about Russia? Doesn't everyone worry about Russia?

[DinoDoc]

Yeah. It's not like he would have the balls to order a strike team to go into a nuclear armed Pakistan to go after OBL if he had the chance.

Shakil Afridi would like to say something here but the Obama admin seems to have abandoned him to a Pakistani prison despite his role in that operation.

[Sava]

well he should've thought about that before

[DinoDoc]

well he should've thought about that before

He thought the US might have had the balls to get him out of the country as thanks for his help. He didn't count on Obama being a woman about it.

[Sava]

okay

[PLATO]

In remarks earlier Tuesday, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told Jake Tapper on CNN's "The Lead" that the president takes the issue of chemical weapons in Syria "very, very seriously."

If reports of chemical warfare are substantiated, McDonough told CNN, "this is a game changer, and we'll act accordingly."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/19/world/meast/syria-civil-war

Israeli intelligence chief Yuval Steinitz told Israel's Army Radio that it was "clear that chemical weapons were used” in Syria, according to the Washington Post. “The fact they apparently used chemical weapons against civilians needs to worry us and shows the urgency of taking care of the issue."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/130320/israel-us-officials-say-chemical-weapons-likely-used-

If Obama is in Israel surely he has access to the intelligence that the Israeli Intelligence chief has in drawing this conclusion. It brings one to the question of "What does Obama consider 'acting accordingly'"?

[Sava]

clearly he should carpet bomb the whole region so israeli settlers can fulfill their dream of greater israel

[Dauphin]

Only if you read into his post in that manner. I took it as, better the weapons stay in Syria, which is already 60 tons of ****ed up in a 20 pound bag, than they cross national borders triggering goddamned World War III.

If he wanted to avoid accusations of racism he should have worded it better. Compare it to an equivalent 'A benefit of backward Africans killing their own in horrific ways is they have less chance of killing civilized people in another country'.

[Sava]

Africa isn't a race, it's a continent.

[Dauphin]

No **** Shylock.

[Dauphin]

Awesome autocorrect.

[Sava]

ahaha pwnt

racist