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Originally Posted by vienna
Where it will get interesting in Congress is where the votes will come down: if the GOP votes in a lockstep block to deny and the Assad regime commits a new chemical weapons atrocity, the issue of GOP seeming culpability or benign collusion is sure to be an issue in the mid-term elections in 2014. This, for the GOP leadership, may be a case of be careful what you ask for...
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Exactly, you can bet that the whip...or whatever you have in the US will be ringing around all the Democrats to get them to support it, and if the GOP blocks it, then Obama has enough ammunition against them for a long time, particularly as more and more disturbing images come out of Syria...which they will, this much is certain because if, after all the bluster, Obama does obey a no vote from Congress and stands back, then Assad will
destroy the opposition with relish, and will also take measures to cement his powerbase by extending strikes against anyone who might be a problem in the post-civil war Syria. When the next US election comes around, it'll be bleeding Syrian children with the message "The GOP put petty partisan politics ahead of warcrimes and dying Syrian children, vote Democrat."
Sly move, Obama, sly move.