He's got it~ I believe that he does.

[sheshe2]

One of the primary criticisms of U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan for a limited attack on Syria is that there is no long-term strategy in place for what happens after bombs fall on Damascus. But that’s not true. There is a U.S. Syria strategy, and it is showing signs of increasing success. Former U.S. Army vice chief of staff General Jack Keane said he spoke with Republican senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who were briefed by the president on Monday. ”What [Obama] has told the two senators is that he also intends to assist the opposition forces, so he is going to degrade Assad’s military capacity and he is going to assist and upgrade the opposition forces with training assistance,” Gen. Keane told BBC Radio.

Last week Pentagon officials told The Wall Street Journal that the planned attack would “deter and degrade” President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces. The key would be hitting various Damascus headquarters as well as some of the regime’s six operable airports. These airports are the “regime’s nervous system,” defected Air Force Colonel Hassan Hamada told Der Spiegel. The less obvious, and more long-term, part of the plan involves providing vetted parts of the opposition with advanced weaponry, training them with Western advisors, and curbing the funding for jihadist groups.

More here.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-strategy-in-syria-2013-9

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/03/news-of-the-day-22/

Why Syrian Government Use Of Chemical Weapons Matters To US National Security

"It endangers our friends and our partners along Syria’s borders, including Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq."

The U.S. stated, in a law signed by Obama in July 2012, that the strategic environment in the Middle East poses "great challenges to the national security of the United States and our allies in the region, particularly our most important ally in the region."

And several of America's other allies in the region are calling for U.S. intervention aimed at toppling Assad so that the devastating 29-month conflict ends.

"Obama never needed to go searching for a coalition of the willing for Syria; one ... has been knocking, in fact, at the door of the Oval Office for quite some time," Interpreter Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael D. Weiss wrote in Foreign Policy. "Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, all see Syria as a grave short-term threat to their national security."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-syrian-chemical-weapons-affect-us-2013-8#ixzz2dtScdi3K

Hearts to Michelle, she's got it too~

********************* This is Posted in The Barack Obama Group***********************

[Cha]

1. Actually, I do think PBO has

this, she. He and his Team are light years away from those who don't have the knowledge and intelligence that are needed for these critical decisions.

Thank you for the links, she

[sheshe2]

3. Hope you do not mind my linking your name.

Yet I could not think of a better title.

I really think he's got it. This is the best news I have read. He plans to assist the opposition forces.
And~

The key would be hitting various Damascus headquarters as well as some of the regime’s six operable airports. These airports are the “regime’s nervous system,”

Also

3) "It could lead to escalating use of chemical weapons, or their proliferation to terrorist groups who would do our people harm."

This reason involves the fear that Assad would transfer chemical weapons to Hezbollah, the Lebanese-based terrorist group and Iranian proxy that has more than 60,000 rockets pointed at Israel.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-syrian-chemical-weapons-affect-us-2013-8#ixzz2dtaJfO8H

This is not a situation that is based in a black and white theory, as some believe. I see it in shades of gray.

BOG Cha

[Cha]

4. Yes, it's very complicated. Much more so than ignorantly screaming "Warmonger"

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at Kerry and PBO.

I just hope the best possible outcome for all those who think they're doing the right thing by weakening assad.

mahalo she

[applegrove]

2. Thank you Sheshe2

[Hekate]

5. BOG POST KnR. Thanks for the alternative news.

[grahamhgreen]

6. So, he's planning a prolonged and protracted war, basically Iraq 2. FAIL

qq

[SunSeeker]

7. No, it's more like Libya 2. And this was posted in BOG, as the OP states.

Surely you can find a thread in GD, LBN or ANYWHERE else on DU to dump on President Obama.

[mwrguy]

8. Obama has the best minds and best intelligence at his disposal.

Not to mention he IS one of the best minds of his generation.

He will do the right thing, whatever that is.

[Cha]

9. Thank you for that, mwrguy.

[MzShellG]

10. Exactly. I got into it with knee jerk reactionist yesterday in GD.....

I'm definitely anti-war by any means, I explained that we're uninformed on all facts and classified info that the government has at its disposal. Sure we all have war fatigue, but we are in no way more qualified than the POTUS and his top level advisors, to make the best possible decision, under the circumstances. But that wasn't good enough for him. We went back and forth for a while. SMH. Anyway, props to the BOG. This is like a breath of fresh air on DU.

[Cha]

11. Mahalo MzShellG..

as Senator Elizabeth Warren has stated.. "We in a flux right now"

Welcome to the BOG