President Obama's nightmare for the world continues, as the U.S. prepares
to attack Syria, possibly over the Labor Day weekend. The Obama team is calling an attack the responsibility of the international community with widespread support.
International support for an attack is down to the U.S. White House and the French Prime Minister. Neither the
U.S. Congress nor the French Parliament have voted to support an attack. The UN hasn't taken up the issue and the Arab League will meet Sunday. Britain's House of Commons voted against an attack, preventing Prime Minister David Cameron's hands from acquiring more blood.
Three days ago President Obama spoke from the Lincoln Memorial, the site of Reverend Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
The White House has indicated it does not believe it needs the backing
of Congress, nor the support of traditional allies, before taking action
against Assad.
Obama 's unilateral global parent-policeman is a feature of the Unitary Executive, something candidate Obama ran against. Secretary of State
John Kerry and Pentagon Chief
Chuck Hagel gave the world wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as U.S. Senators.
Kerry wrote of his 2002 vote for the
Iraq war resolution, “There’s nothing -- nothing -- in my life in public service I regret more, nothing even close.”
In November 2005, Hagel defended his criticism of the Iraq war, stating
"To question your government is not unpatriotic — to not question your
government is unpatriotic."
The United Nations team investigating the chemical attacks won't have a report for two weeks. President Obama
won't wait for the report or any legitimate international body to support his violence.
Jimmy Carter urged the White House to seek UN backing. “A punitive
military response without a UN mandate or broad support from NATO and
the Arab League would be illegal under international law and unlikely to
alter the course of the war,” he said.
President Obama, global parent, believes whatever the Unitary Executive does is legal. That's the kind of organizational hubris and arrogance that makes others second class citizens.
Reverend Martin Luther King said "violence of war is so self defeating." The
British public felt it and responded. Nobel Peace Prize winner Obama left the site of King's spiritual vision,
intent on adding to darkness and hate.
Update: After Obama called for "limited, narrow" strikes the
WSJ reported contingency plans are under way for the collapse of the Syrian regime. "Planning Under Way for Possible Syrian Collapse: U.S., Allies and Syrian Opposition Discuss Plans at Meeting in Istanbul." Does that mean the U.S. is targeting Syrian President Assad? If he's killed by a drone attack does that make it a double international crime?
Update 2: President Obama will deliver a statement on Syria from the Rose Garden at 1:15 Eastern. It's now 1:45 Eastern and Obama is yet to speak.