Congress be damned

Obama already arming rebels, Congress be damned. You have to wonder why he bothered with the sham of asking for congressional authorization if he’s going to do whatever he wants to do anyway. By the way, didn’t liberals call it a crime when Reagan arranged for Nicaraguan contras to get arms? And second by the way, didn’t this strategy of aiding radical Islamists just fail miserably in Libya and Egypt?

This post was last modified on July 21, 2021

J.P. Travis: Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976 graduate of University of Michigan, father, grandfather, husband, founder and CEO of Travelyn Publishing (http://www.travelynpublishing.com/), and passionate anti-government believer in individual liberty.

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  • I can think of absolutely no instance in the Middle East whereby directly arming a rebel group did not ultimately see some of those weapons turned against our soldiers and political interests in the area. We must realized that supplying arms in the Middle East will come back and literally shoot us in the ass!

  • OH NO!!!!!

    http://blacklistednews.com/?news_id=28803&print=1

    Syria "Expert" Cited by Kerry, McCain Fired for Lying about Academic Credentials
    September 12, 2013

    Source: Common Dreams

    Think tank that employed Elizabeth O'Bagy fires analyst who made case that Syrian opposition was more moderate

    Foreign policy analyst Elizabeth O'Bagy appeared on numerous media outlets and was cited by high-level officials, but both her objectivity and credibility have been put into grave question. (Image: Fox News screenshot)A foreign policy analayst repeatedly cited by U.S. government officials—including Secretary of State John Kerry in testimony before Congress last week—has been fired after the think tank where she has been working discovered she was lying about her academic credentials.

    Elizabeth O’Bagy, who has been cited as an expert on Syria by numerous media outlets, was employed by the Institute for Study of War in Washington D.C., but has been terminated after it was discovered she did not hold a doctorate from Georgetown University as she had claimed.

    “The Institute for the Study of War has learned and confirmed that, contrary to her representations, Ms. Elizabeth O’Bagy does not in fact have a Ph.D. degree from Georgetown University,” the think tank announced in a statement. “ISW has accordingly terminated Ms. O’Bagy’s employment, effective immediately.”

    O'Bagy's expertise on the rebel forces aligned against President Bashar al-Assad was used to bolster arguments by those calling for U.S. intervention by painting a picture that the moderate elements within the opposition were in the ascendent over more extreme militias, such as the Al Nusra Front which has pledged allegiance to al Qaida.

    Her objectivity, however, was questioned even before these new revelations about her academic background surfaced.

    As McClatchy reports:

    O’Bagy’s termination followed a controversy that erupted last week when it emerged that in addition to being an institute analyst, she worked for the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a non-profit group that lobbies for U.S. support for Syrian rebel forces.

    The controversy arose after an opinion piece she wrote for the Wall Street Journal said that, contrary to news reports, the Syrian opposition isn’t dominated by al Qaida-linked groups. Moderate groups, she wrote, have made significant gains in some areas and deserve outside military aid. The assertions were greeted with skepticism by other Syria experts.

    The article identified her only by her institute affiliation, but the Journal later acknowledged that she also was the task force’s political director. The Journal described the group as providing “aid to the Syrian opposition” under contracts with the U.S. and British governments.

    Kerry and McCain, R-Ariz., cited O’Bagy’s piece during congressional hearings last week in response to questions about whether missile strikes on Syria might empower al Qaida-affiliated fighters in the rebel movement.

    --

  • And of course our chickenshit excuse for Congress will do nothing, they're too busy trying to find ways to screw the people even more.

  • There is a force of darkness that is enveloping the world. The dictators that have kept the evil and full force of Islam under control are being brought down. The ultimate goal is caliphate, the political unity of the entire community of Muslim faithful. Obama and other powerful figures of our time are working to bring about the ultimate war between Satan and the one true God. They may or may not be blinded to the fact that they are under the power of Satan for they are in darkness. The spirit of antichrist is driving Islam. That's why Islamist hate Jews and Christians. Progressives tend to embrace Islam while trying to destroy Christianity for the same reason. The spirit of antichrist is working through them.

    Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.
    1 John 2:18

    By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
    1 John 4:2-3

    For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
    Ephesians 6:12

    I hope you are not tiring of these type of posts. I know they may sound preachy but I just want to share what I feel is the truth of what is going on in these last days, maybe years, but the end of this age is definitely near.

  • "You have to wonder why he bothered with the sham of asking for congressional authorization if he’s going to do whatever he wants to do anyway"

    What the hell is there to wonder about... the sham seems calculated to quiet the waking masses who are beginning to comprehend the depths of corruption and deceit that their government is engaged in and is tantamount to a kid pretending to behave while the parent is watching- and the "good behavior" is intended ONLY to get the parent to stop watching.

    Now, if I got this correctly... we're arming rebels who kidnapped and murdered children (likely with the full knowledge of our own intelligence) so they could be used in photographic propaganda whose purpose was to enlist the emotions of the American public in supporting the (now presumably aborted) plan for a "limited" (haha) missile strike into Syria.

    yep- business as usual I see... how clear must it be that our government's intentions are not the least bit honorable before they get forcibly overthrown? I don't think this can wait for a damned election which will most likely be rigged in progressive strongholds anyway.

  • This is why I voted for Ron Paul. Romney would have been just like Obama; just with Iran instead of Syria.

  • Why arm anybody? Whoever wins is just going to continue to hate us anyway and want us dead.

    Side thought: Anyone notice how Hillary was always being sent all over the world - you could see the exhaustion in her face. Kerry, though, looks rested and just telephones other countries when he's not relaxing on his yacht. What's that about?

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