We cats are getting disgusted with the politics of the Syria story. Here are just a few reasons why:
We find Maureen Dowd's use of the "Barry" moniker distasteful. We've visited enough paranoid, right-wing corners of the Internet to know that that's how the haters refer to the President. So it's unseemly to see a columnist with the imprimatur of The New York Times joining that dubious crowd. (Maybe she's still smarting over the fact that during the 2008 campaign, Obama addressed her as "Dowd"?)
And where, we ask, is that pain in the ass Benjamin Netanyahu? We know he thinks Obama should just order the damn airstrikes, but we also know that Syria using chemical weapons is a bad, bad thing for Israel. So is Bibi calling his good buddies, the House and Senate Republicans, and urging them to support US action? And if not, why not?
On that note, we thought that the GOP's religious right wingers were all huge fans of Israel. So why aren't they beating down the White House doors, screaming for airstrikes? (Unless that alleged love of Israel is eclipsed by their hatred for Obama...)
Finally, if Congress turns the President down, we have the following predictions:
- The airstrikes won't take place.
- Something even more awful will happen.
- The Republicans will blame Obama.
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