{"id":20537,"date":"2014-09-14T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=20537"},"modified":"2014-09-14T14:08:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T21:08:10","slug":"make-up-your-damn-minds-republican-waffling-and-hypocrisy-on-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=20537","title":{"rendered":"Make Up Your Damn Minds: Republican Waffling And Hypocrisy On Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the media is obsessing over a new propaganda video released by the the ISIL terrorists, it is useful to note just how far the right-wing Republican Party has come in just one year with regard to the situation in Syria. And it can all be summed up by that profound foreign policy visionary from the land of frozen tundra, Sarah Palin:<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/p>\n

Indeed, Palin’s evolution on this issue aligns perfectly with that of her party comrades. Last summer, most of the conservative mouthpieces were haranguing President Obama for articulating a plan to provide aid to moderate Syrian rebels in an effort to coerce Assad into abandoning his chemical weapons, which he used to massacre tens of thousands of his own people. For some reason, according to the right, that mass slaughter was not sufficient justification for the U.S. to launch a humanitarian response, but a couple of gruesome executions by media-savvy killers<\/a> and that means war.<\/p>\n

Despite the opposition, Obama’s strategy worked and Assad delivered his chemical arsenal to Western authorities and opened his facilities up for inspection. But that was not until after the President was savaged by Republicans<\/a> who assailed him for not getting congressional approval, and then assailed him for asking congress to concur. Obama is in the unique position of having political foes who are saying, in effect, “Do what we say so we can attack you for doing what we said.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Now the same GOP critics are insisting that Obama commit to all-out warfare with the same Syria that they previously thought we should keep at a distance. And true to form, they want him to demonstrate boldness by unilaterally launching an assault with combat troops, while simultaneously condemning him as an anti-constitutional tyrant if he tries to do that without the consent of Congress.<\/p>\n

What I want to know is: How can they ride that out-of-control ideological merry-go-round without getting nauseous?<\/p>\n

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Be Sure To \u201cLIKE\u201d News Corpse On Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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