From YahooNews:
.... Obama has no 'intention' to strike Syria if Congress says no, says aide. Will President Barack Obama order military strikes on Syria even if Congress rejects using force? Asked that hugely consequential question on Friday, a senior White House official strongly suggested that the answer is no....
From CNN;
President Barack Obama will take his case for a military attack on Syria directly to the American people in a nationwide address Tuesday, he told reporters in Russia at the conclusion of the G20 summit.....
From DailyMailUK:
...Obama REFUSES to rule out striking Syria without approval of Congress as it's revealed he faces a huge loss in House vote.
President Obama today refused to rule out attacking Syria without the backing of Congress, as new polls show he faces a crushing defeat in any vote in the House of Representatives.
From WashingtonPost;
The White House released a joint statement Friday on the situation in Syria signed by 10 allies: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom....
From Reuters:
The United States has intercepted an order from an Iranian official instructing militants in Iraq to attack U.S. interests in Baghdad in the event the Obama administration launches a military strike in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The American embassy in Baghdad was a likely target, according to unnamed U.S. officials quoted by the newspaper. The Journal said the officials did not describe the range of potential targets indicated by the intelligence.
In addition, the State Department issued a warning on Thursday telling U.S. citizens to avoid all but "essential" travel to Iraq........
From WashingtonPost:
...A war the Pentagon doesn’t want.
The tapes tell the tale. Go back and look at images of our nation’s most senior soldier, Gen. Martin Dempsey, and his body language during Tuesday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Syria. It’s pretty obvious that Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, doesn’t want this war. As Secretary of State John Kerry’s thundering voice and arm-waving redounded in rage against Bashar al-Assad’s atrocities, Dempsey was largely (and respectfully) silent.
Dempsey’s unspoken words reflect the opinions of most serving military leaders. By no means do I profess to speak on behalf of all of our men and women in uniform. But I can justifiably share the sentiments of those inside the Pentagon and elsewhere who write the plans and develop strategies for fighting our wars. After personal exchanges with dozens of active and retired soldiers in recent days, I feel confident that what follows represents the overwhelming opinion of serving professionals who have been intimate witnesses to the unfolding events that will lead the United States into its next war..........
From BBC;
US drone 'kills Haqqani commander ...A senior commander of the powerful Haqqani militant network has been killed in a US drone strike in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
Sangeen Zadran, named on US and UN blacklists, was among five killed when missiles were fired at a house in North Waziristan, near the Afghan border.
The Haqqani group are known for carrying out attacks in Afghanistan.
The Taliban told the AP news agency he was still alive. But other reports said his funeral had taken place.
From HuffPost:
Secretary of State John Kerry made the case to Congress this week for military intervention in Syria, following a devastating chemical weapons attack allegedly carried out by Syrian government forces last month.
While there is some degree of uncertainty as to what the proposed U.S. action would seek to achieve, one thing is crystal clear: The Obama administration doesn't believe a military strike on Syria would constitute an act of war.
"We don't believe we are going to go to war in the classic sense of taking American troops and America to war," Kerry said.
Kerry's insistence on that matter and the ongoing debate over whether President Barack Obama actually needs congressional approval for military intervention in Syria -- the White House insists he doesn't -- raise key questions: How exactly do we define "war," and is the official definition, under which Congress declares war and commits troops, really what matters most?
Below, 11 photos from prior U.S. military engagements. Can you tell which ones are from actual "wars," which ones are from "not-wars," and which ones are from whatever lies between?.........
From WashingtonPost:
As of Friday afternoon, there were 223 members in the “no” or “leaning no” category, more than the 217 that would be needed to sink the resolution. (The threshold for passage in the House is 217 votes, rather than the usual 218, since there are currently two vacancies.)
From NationalReview:
....The phones are ringing off the hook in Congress — and virtually no one is calling in to support military intervention in Syria.
At the office of Representative Chris Gibson (R., N.Y.), who represents a swing district, the number of phone calls and e-mails from constituents regarding military action in Syria has “far exceeded the normal volume,” says Gibson aide Stephanie Valle.
In recent days, Gibson’s office has received “about 850 e-mails on it, and out of those, 840 are opposed to military intervention,” Valle adds....
From Breitbart:
.....Tea Party activists appear to be virtually unanimous in their support for the position taken by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who said on Tuesday the United States "should not serve as Al-Qaeda's Air Force."
Lynn Moss, co-organizer of the Mid-South Tea Party in Memphis, Tennessee, expressed a view held by many Tea Party activists around the country. Moss told Breitbart News on Thursday, "both sides of the conflict in Syria are enemies of the United States. It would be foolish," she said, "and self-defeating to involve ourselves in this already volatile situation."
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