Will the Republicans be the ones who save us from war? Vitter will vote against the resolution because he's against anything the president proposes, but I'm not choosy about allies in the effort to stop the madness.U.S. Sen. David Vitter said today that he will oppose the White House resolution that calls for a military strike against Syria.
Vitter, R-La., participated in a briefing Wednesday for Senate Armed Services Committee members. Attending were Charles Hagel, secretary of defense, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.“After a lot of careful thought and prayer, I have decided that I will vote no on the Syria war resolution,” he said in a news release today.
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) and Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) are still undecided.
My guess is President Obama will order the strikes whether Congress votes in favor of the resolution or not, to what good purpose I cannot see.
You see how the world works - great decisions like war and peace are not made out of justice or mercy or good sense, but for pure political expediency.
ReplyDeleteYou can bet if there was a Republican in the White House, Vitter and his ilk would be screaming at the top of their lungs, "NUKE THE SOB'S!"
Russ, I have no doubt Vitter would be pounding the war drums if the president was a Republican.
DeleteExtremist conservatives have found something they like more than bombing Muslims: Thwarting anything Pres. Obama wants to do.
ReplyDelete(BTW, this has nothing to do with my own position on whether to support airstrikes against the Syrian gov't or not ;)
David, you are correct. Other than cutting taxes and cutting programs that help the poor and middle classes, the chief policy of Republicans is to stake a position against anything Obama proposes
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