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President Obama - Will Seek Approval of Congress for Attacking Syria

18 points by loupeabody 13y ago

awakeasleep 13y ago
Sort of off topic, but I have never seen streaming video with such a high resolution and framerate. How the hell are they doing this.
- Metrop0218 13y ago
  Yeah the framerate is great on whitehouse.gov videos. I'm not sure how or why but it is nice to see considering I don't have cable and therefore this is how I get my major press releases.
- denzil_correa 13y ago
  Is it possible that Youtube provides the backbone infrastructure? https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse
kersif 13y ago
Just concluded. Missed it.
- loupeabody 13y ago
  Title updated to reflect the major takeaway. Obama said that he and his various advisors feel that Syria must be attacked in response to their usage of chemical weapons. He specified that there would be no infantry sent to Syria, just a long distance strike of "limited duration and scope". Congress will hold a vote on whether or not to approve the attack. The President has the authority to order the strike, with or without the approval of Congress. *edit: see reply
  - thenmar 13y ago
    He didn't say he needed congress to approve, just that he was going to have congress vote. He also emphasized that he does have the authority to strike without congress's approval.
    - loupeabody 13y ago
      Yeah, you're right. I'll update my comment
- denzil_correa 13y ago
  You can still catch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVeUF9RozfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVeUF9RozfQ Skip to 50:00 to get to the press conference.
grandalf 13y ago
The more moralistic and self-righteous the justification for war, the more likely it is to be a dishonest reason...
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ExpiredLink 13y ago
Disappointment, thy name is Obama.
venomsnake 13y ago
My take on that - he has decided on inaction but needs the congress to save him from his "chemical weapons are a red line" remark from an year ago. I am not sure if there is any salvage of the Middle East situation right now - there are generational grudges and hatreds to unfold there. I don't think that there are good moves on that board. The pessimist in me just wonders whether the firewall should be on Bulgaria/Greece border or on the Bosphorus. Disclaimer - I live in Bulgaria for now.
ankitml 13y ago
This man had never deserved Nobel Peace, never. Worst decision of committee till date after deciding not to give it to MK Gandhi.

18 points by loupeabody 13y ago

Sort of off topic, but I have never seen streaming video with such a high resolution and framerate. How the hell are they doing this.

Metrop0218 13y ago
Yeah the framerate is great on whitehouse.gov videos. I'm not sure how or why but it is nice to see considering I don't have cable and therefore this is how I get my major press releases.
denzil_correa 13y ago
Is it possible that Youtube provides the backbone infrastructure? https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse

kersif 13y ago

Just concluded. Missed it.

loupeabody 13y ago
Title updated to reflect the major takeaway. Obama said that he and his various advisors feel that Syria must be attacked in response to their usage of chemical weapons. He specified that there would be no infantry sent to Syria, just a long distance strike of "limited duration and scope". Congress will hold a vote on whether or not to approve the attack. The President has the authority to order the strike, with or without the approval of Congress. *edit: see reply
- thenmar 13y ago
  He didn't say he needed congress to approve, just that he was going to have congress vote. He also emphasized that he does have the authority to strike without congress's approval.
  - loupeabody 13y ago
    Yeah, you're right. I'll update my comment
denzil_correa 13y ago
You can still catch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVeUF9RozfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVeUF9RozfQ Skip to 50:00 to get to the press conference.

grandalf 13y ago

The more moralistic and self-righteous the justification for war, the more likely it is to be a dishonest reason...

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ExpiredLink 13y ago

Disappointment, thy name is Obama.

venomsnake 13y ago

My take on that - he has decided on inaction but needs the congress to save him from his "chemical weapons are a red line" remark from an year ago. I am not sure if there is any salvage of the Middle East situation right now - there are generational grudges and hatreds to unfold there. I don't think that there are good moves on that board. The pessimist in me just wonders whether the firewall should be on Bulgaria/Greece border or on the Bosphorus. Disclaimer - I live in Bulgaria for now.

ankitml 13y ago

This man had never deserved Nobel Peace, never. Worst decision of committee till date after deciding not to give it to MK Gandhi.