Tag: Syria

GOP lawmaker circulates alternative Syria resolution that would bar attack

David M. Drucker · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama has said since 2011 that Syrian President Bashar Assad "had to go." (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Obama’s miscues on Syria diminish America’s standing in the world

Michael Barone · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Syrian soldiers kneel next to a multiple rocket launcher as they fire missiles during a maneuver at an unknown location in Syria. (AP/SANA)

Beltway Confidential

The unwisdom of attacking Syria, in five links

Timothy P. Carney · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the situation on Syria, Wednesday, September 4. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel: I don’t trust Syrian opposition

Joel Gehrke · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Text: Rand Paul’s Syria war resolution amendment

Conn Carroll · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State, John Kerry, speaks at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the situation on Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 4. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

‘Just Thinking John’ Kerry has some thoughts on Syria

Ashe Schow · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Almost all of our recent military interventions have involved countries that didn't attack us. (AP File)

Credibility is overrated

Steve Chapman · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Four out of eight members of Democratic leadership have stated they would support military involvement in Syria, while the other four remain undecided but seem to lean toward an attack. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Democratic leadership more pro-war than GOP leadership

Ashe Schow · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Obama: ‘I didn’t set a red line’ on Syria

Obama: ‘I didn’t set a red line’ on Syria

Brian Hughes · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Black columns of smoke rise from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood, east of Damascus, Syria. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Partitioning Syria is Obama’s chance to lead

Rachel Ehrenfeld · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia both announced their support for President Obama's Syria resolution. (AP File)

House GOP to let Democratic Senate vote first on Syria

David M. Drucker · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

The resolution President Obama has sent to Congress would authorize him âto use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessaryâ to prevent spread of chemical weapons. (AP File)

Nonviolence never solves anything

Windsor Mann · September 4, 2013 4:00 am