Obama Decides Military Action Against Syria Sometime In September

[nikki1]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.

 

But he says he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force.

 

He says congressional leadership plans to hold a debate and a vote as soon as Congress comes back in September.

 

Obama says he has the authority to act on his own but believes it is important for the country to have a debate.

 

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I wonder where Obama thinks he has the authority to act on his own  without Congressional approval.....

[missmuffet]

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

[ncn]

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

 

Four US destroyers - USS Gravely, USS Ramage, USS Barry and USS Mahan - are in the eastern Mediterranean, equipped with cruise missiles.

The missiles can also be fired from submarines, but the US Navy does not reveal their locations

• Airbases at Incirlik and Izmir in Turkey, and in Jordan, could be used to carry out strikes

• Two aircraft carriers - USS Nimitz and USS Harry S Truman are in the wider region

• French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is currently in Toulon in the western Mediterranean

• French Rafale and Mirage aircraft can also operate from Al-Dhahra airbase in the UAE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23916752

There will not,  in my opinion be a land invasion from sea. 

If of course any intervention is actually carried out. 

[missmuffet]

 

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

 

Four US destroyers - USS Gravely, USS Ramage, USS Barry and USS Mahan - are in the eastern Mediterranean, equipped with cruise missiles.

The missiles can also be fired from submarines, but the US Navy does not reveal their locations

• Airbases at Incirlik and Izmir in Turkey, and in Jordan, could be used to carry out strikes

• Two aircraft carriers - USS Nimitz and USS Harry S Truman are in the wider region

• French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is currently in Toulon in the western Mediterranean

• French Rafale and Mirage aircraft can also operate from Al-Dhahra airbase in the UAE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23916752

There will not,  in my opinion be a land invasion from sea. 

If of course any intervention is actually carried out. 

 

Thanks for clearing that up for me

[nikki1]

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

 

 

In my opinion, coming by sea will be very risky for our troops.  Iran will shut off the Strait of Hormuz  If the conflict spills over into Israel, American troops will run into an ambush, (Just my opinion)  Because we cannot rely on what Obama and the media tells us ref. the strike plans, we will just have to wait and see.  This entire strike is to help the Muslim Brotherhood, who is losing in Syria. 

 

The narrow Strait of Hormuz is considered one of the most, if not the most strategic strait of water on the planet.

Through its waters, in giant ocean-going tankers, passes much of the oil from Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Bordered by Iran, Oman's Musandam Peninsula and the United Arab Emirates, this stretch of water is of obvious military significance, and subsequently, the U.S. Navy and others patrol its waters.

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hormuz_map.png/250px-Hormuz_map.png

 

Red arrow shows Strait of Hormuz

[nikki1]

 

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

 

Four US destroyers - USS Gravely, USS Ramage, USS Barry and USS Mahan - are in the eastern Mediterranean, equipped with cruise missiles.

The missiles can also be fired from submarines, but the US Navy does not reveal their locations

• Airbases at Incirlik and Izmir in Turkey, and in Jordan, could be used to carry out strikes

• Two aircraft carriers - USS Nimitz and USS Harry S Truman are in the wider region

• French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is currently in Toulon in the western Mediterranean

• French Rafale and Mirage aircraft can also operate from Al-Dhahra airbase in the UAE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23916752

There will not,  in my opinion be a land invasion from sea. 

If of course any intervention is actually carried out. 

 

 

 

I have read that Jordan refused to allow any strikes from Jordan

[missmuffet]

 

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

 

 

In my opinion, coming by sea will be very risky for our troops.  Iran will shut off the Strait of Hormuz  If the conflict spills over into Israel, American troops will run into an ambush, (Just my opinion)  Because we cannot rely on what Obama and the media tells us ref. the strike plans, we will just have to wait and see.  This entire strike is to help the Muslim Brotherhood, who is losing in Syria. 

 

The narrow Strait of Hormuz is considered one of the most, if not the most strategic strait of water on the planet.

Through its waters, in giant ocean-going tankers, passes much of the oil from Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Bordered by Iran, Oman's Musandam Peninsula and the United Arab Emirates, this stretch of water is of obvious military significance, and subsequently, the U.S. Navy and others patrol its waters.

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hormuz_map.png/250px-Hormuz_map.png

 

Red arrow shows Strait of Hormuz

 

Thanks for the map that is very helpful since I am trying to put this whole thing together.

[ncn]

 

 

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

 

Four US destroyers - USS Gravely, USS Ramage, USS Barry and USS Mahan - are in the eastern Mediterranean, equipped with cruise missiles.

The missiles can also be fired from submarines, but the US Navy does not reveal their locations

• Airbases at Incirlik and Izmir in Turkey, and in Jordan, could be used to carry out strikes

• Two aircraft carriers - USS Nimitz and USS Harry S Truman are in the wider region

• French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is currently in Toulon in the western Mediterranean

• French Rafale and Mirage aircraft can also operate from Al-Dhahra airbase in the UAE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23916752

There will not,  in my opinion be a land invasion from sea. 

If of course any intervention is actually carried out. 

 

 

 

I have read that Jordan refused to allow any strikes from Jordan

 

 Airbases at Incirlik and Izmir in Turkey, and in Jordan,  could be used to carry out strikes.

 

Could does not mean would be.   

 

The West says the regime used nerve gas, Syria says it was the rebels, and Russia says there is no proof either way.

What also in my opinion needs to be understood is this. 

I don't dispute that chemical weapons were used in Syria but who used them?

 

It is very hard to prove, even when the UN inspectors deliver their findings it will still be hard to say who used them.

 

( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22318636)

 

President Obama has announced that he will seek Congressional approval for military action against Syria.

In a televised address Mr Obama said he had decided that the United States should take military action and that the country's forces were "prepared to strike whenever we choose".

But Mr Obama said he was also mindful of being "the president of the world's oldest constitutional democracy" and that he had made a decision to "seek authorisation for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress."

One can only pray that Mr Obama will listen to those that will deny that authorization.  

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23916637

[ncn]

 

 

Good question.We are coming in by sea?I understand that we will not fly over with bombs.Am I wrong?Someone told me that their radar is too sensative and that coming by sea was safer.

 

 

In my opinion, coming by sea will be very risky for our troops.  Iran will shut off the Strait of Hormuz  If the conflict spills over into Israel, American troops will run into an ambush, (Just my opinion)  Because we cannot rely on what Obama and the media tells us ref. the strike plans, we will just have to wait and see.  This entire strike is to help the Muslim Brotherhood, who is losing in Syria. 

 

The narrow Strait of Hormuz is considered one of the most, if not the most strategic strait of water on the planet.

Through its waters, in giant ocean-going tankers, passes much of the oil from Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Bordered by Iran, Oman's Musandam Peninsula and the United Arab Emirates, this stretch of water is of obvious military significance, and subsequently, the U.S. Navy and others patrol its waters.

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hormuz_map.png/250px-Hormuz_map.png

 

Red arrow shows Strait of Hormuz

 

Thanks for the map that is very helpful since I am trying to put this whole thing together.

 

If you look on the link at the bottom of the page that I gave in my prior post,  the map is larger and clearer to read , it also shows positioning of forces

[missmuffet]

On CNN it said that Congress would be back on September 9th but that they may come back earlier than that because of the Syria decision.