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We are in the midst of something remarkable. \u00a0\u00a0Just a few days ago a military strike against Syria looked inevitable.\u00a0\u00a0 That is not true today.\u00a0 \u00a0David Cameron called parliament into emergency session and asked for authority to take military action against Syria.\u00a0 Parliament turned him down.\u00a0 It was a humiliating defeat for Cameron.\u00a0 The last time that happened in Great Britain was 1782, when the British Parliament intervened to end the Revolutionary War with the United States.\u00a0 This public humiliation of Cameron also had an impact on the political environment in the United States.<\/p>\n

Once again Ted Cruz is way ahead of the curve.\u00a0 He asked why parliament was discussing this but congress was not.\u00a0 Good question.\u00a0 John Boehner is openly challenging President Obama.\u00a0 He has written him a letter demanding that Obama consult with congress and make the case for taking military action against Syria.\u00a0 He has warned Obama that in his opinion if Obama does not do that he will be in violation of the U.S. Constitution.\u00a0 He has demanded that Obama show leadership and explain to congress why we are doing this and what we hope to accomplish.<\/p>\n

One serious problem for Obama is that then Senator Joe Biden threatened to impeach George W. Bush if he dared attack Iran without congressional approval.\u00a0\u00a0 Biden later doubled down during an interview with Chris Matthews where he said that a President does not have the power to do this without congressional approval.\u00a0 Neither congress nor the President want to test the constitutionality of the War Powers Act passed on November 7, 1973.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/war-powers.php<\/a><\/p>\n

The war powers act was passed in spite of President Richard Nixon\u2019s veto.\u00a0 Every subsequent President has taken the position that the war powers act is unconstitutional, yet they have also made very sure they never tested this position.\u00a0 But now we have a President who may have blundered his way into exactly such a constitutional crisis.\u00a0 If President Obama had ordered an assault on Syria shortly after learning of the alleged chemical attack, he would have received support from both parties.\u00a0 Republicans have a long tradition of putting national security ahead of party politics.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t even challenge Clinton when he ordered air raids on Iraq, in spite of there being no crisis, during the middle of his impeachment trial.<\/p>\n

The delay in taking action has resulted In the American people and members of congress having time to reflect on this situation and the results are earth shattering.\u00a0 Some public opinion polls have only 5% of the population supporting military action against Syria.\u00a0 The most optimistic survey I have seen shows support at only 31%.\u00a0 Obama is rapidly losing the political base necessary to support taking military action.<\/p>\n

It is impossible to predict what will happen.\u00a0 If Obama backs off now and does not take military action against Syria, he will suffer a humiliating international political defeat.\u00a0 Even if he comes up with some face saving explanation for changing his mind, no one will take him seriously in the future.\u00a0 On the other hand, if he attacks Syria with such widespread public opposition and in direct defiance of congress, he better hope for overwhelming success.\u00a0 Otherwise he is likely to trigger a constitutional crisis.\u00a0 This na\u00efve, arrogant and incompetent President may have painted himself into the ultimate corner.<\/p>\n

The Voice of America<\/strong> is finally being heard and it is a resounding rejection of Barack Obama as our Commander in Chief.\u00a0 It is increasingly clear that Obama has lost the support of leaders in both political parties.\u00a0 As Lincoln once said:\u00a0 you can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time but you can\u2019t fool all of the people all of the time.\u00a0 Right now, Obama isn\u2019t fooling anyone.<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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