Thread: Panetta: 'International Permission’ Trumps Congressional Permission For Military Acti

This is strasight from Obama that the international opinion is more important than the US national defense or the constitution or the approval of congress.

This type of thought must go so Obama must go


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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appeared at a Senate Armed Services Committee congressional hearing, where he said “legal basis” was needed to initiate a no-fly zone over Syria.

Originally Posted by ptif219

This is strasight from Obama that the international opinion is more important than the US national defense or the constitution or the approval of congress.

This type of thought must go so Obama must go


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Since the video isn't posted I'll just comment on remark.

Do you consider that the US should be part of the international community only if it is the leader of the international community?

Originally Posted by Beevee

Since the video isn't posted I'll just comment on remark.

Do you consider that the US should be part of the international community only if it is the leader of the international community?

If you will not click the link and watch the video you do not understand what happened.

Panetta reluctant to commit military to Syria...

Military resists calls to intervene in Syria
March 7th, 2012 - America is working to remove al-Assad's regime in Syria through diplomatic pressure, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Wednesday, but he warned against U.S. military intervention.

"For us to act unilaterally would be a mistake," Panetta said in his opening statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Syria. He noted there is no consensus among nations for intervention. Panetta said military options are being considered, but he asked the senators to “recognize the limitation of military force, especially U.S. boots on the ground."

Sen. John McCain, the highest-ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee continued his impassioned crusade to get the U.S. military to use force to help the opposition fighters trying to overthrow Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. McCain said Wednesday that intervening and pushing out al-Assad would be "a geopolitical success of the first order."

"The United States has a clear national security interest in stopping the slaughter in Syria and forcing Assad to leave power. The end of the Assad regime could sever Hezbollah's lifeline to Iran, eliminate a longstanding threat to Israel, bolster Lebanon's sovereignty and independence, and remove a committed state sponsor of terrorism that has engaged in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction," McCain said. "How many additional civilian lives would have to be lost in order to convince you that the military measures of this kind that we are proposing are necessary," McCain asked Panetta. "How many more have to die? Ten thousand more? Twenty thousand more? How many more?"

Panetta responded that the United States is working to build an international consensus for action. "What doesn't make sense it is to take unilateral action at this point," he said with equal emotion. "Before I recommend that we put our sons and daughters in uniform in harm's way, I have got to make very sure that we know what the mission is. I've got to make very sure we know whether we can achieve that mission, at what price and whether it will make matters better or worse."

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Effects of Instability Spill Over to Syria's Neighbors
March 7, 2012 — As the bloody conflict in Syria enters its second year, it is inflicting economic stresses and uncertainties on the country’s neighbors.

In Lebanon and Jordan, which have absorbed thousands of Syrian refugees and where the extent of the spillover from the crisis remains unclear, uneasiness about the future has taken a heavy toll on business confidence. “If you want to put together the economic and political, definitely Lebanon is the country most affected,” said Nassib Ghobril, head of economic research and analysis at the Lebanon-based Byblos Bank. “Definitely there is an impact on investor sentiment. We are not seeing new big projects being announced in Lebanon.”

There are also fears that the crisis next door could reignite armed conflict in Lebanon, where ties to Syria run deep. Despite calls for restraint by many politicians, there are regular demonstrations for and against the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. These fears, with the compounded effect of the collapse of the Lebanese government in January 2011, a subsequent five-month government vacuum and continuing internal instability and tension, have contributed to a deterioration of the economy over the past year.

After an average gross domestic product growth rate of about 8 percent from 2007 to 2010, last year the figure plunged to 1.5 percent. The outlook for this year does not look any better. In Lebanon, the most visible economic impact of the crisis in Syria has been the lack of tourists. In 2009, Beirut was named the top destination in the world to visit by The New York Times and tourist arrivals hit an all-time high, only to be surpassed in 2010. But in 2011, tourist arrivals dropped by more than 24 percent, according to preliminary numbers from the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

Such a drop represents a significant loss for an industry that, according to the country’s tourism minister and analysts, indirectly accounted for more than 20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Jordan, already struggling with rising unemployment rates and a large national deficit, is also wrestling with a decline in tourist numbers since unrest began in the Arab world last year. The country has also witnessed its own protests, primarily demanding political and economic changes. Other nations are feeling the effects of the Syrian conflict, all the more that Syria occupies a strategic trade location in the region.

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I'm not sure why this isn't a bigger deal. This is pretty treasonous.

Originally Posted by The XL

I'm not sure why this isn't a bigger deal. This is pretty treasonous.

You are correct. Another sign of Obama ignoring the constitution and the congress

Originally Posted by ptif219

This is strasight from Obama that the international opinion is more important than the US national defense or the constitution or the approval of congress.

This type of thought must go so Obama must go


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I saw this on the Alex Jones you tube before you tube booted him off.
Jones demagoues a bit, but this time he was right.
Obama is crab walking the public toward Marxist dictatorship.