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President Obama and the Military-Industrial Complex March in Lockstep Into Yet Another Military Debacle

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In the Senate, however, I see the passage of this resolution by a thin margin because a good number of Republicans, especially the most zealous war hawks, will side with the president, which will be something new; so will a majority of Democrats and the issue will be approved. Then the deadlock will be advanced into what is known as the Senate and House Reconciliation process for attempts at resolution. I have the feeling that it will result in an unbreakable stalemate and the resolution will die.

 

So, if Congress doesn't approve this attack then what might the president do? Let me present two distinctly different potential outcomes. In the first, quite likely the most probable outcome, he will totally dismiss the opinions of Congress, the American people and the world community of nations and, without any further hesitation, launch that attack on Syria. Thereafter, all hell may break loose and we may see a massive Middle East war erupt.

 

In the second scenario, one that is far more of a stretch but one that I wish would become a reality, Mr. Obama may well do something that may surprise us all. There are those who think that, in his heart, he is not at all for such an attack and that he is advocating one because he can't figure out how to resist the relentless power of the MIC. If that can be believed, then this failure by the Congress to approve the attack might present a great opportunity for him to reverse his position, cancel the attack and say that he cannot, in good conscience, go forward with something that the people of America, those of the world and the U.S. Congress will not approve. I know that this is a far-fetched theory and the probability of it happening is slim to none, but sometimes the strangest things or a miracle can happen.

 

If he would do just that and back off his stated intentions to attack Syria, the war hawks, the neocons and the profit-crazed members of the MIC would go berserk and immediately go on a rampage calling for his resignation or impeachment. And, as for the president, he would be subject to at least a temporary period of national embarrassment but he would have avoided a catastrophic event from happening.

 

Now back to reality: if he continues on this misguided, totally unjustifiable course and launches that attack, he will have succeeded in proving to the international community of nations that America is more than worthy of the title of the most feared nation in the world, one that is controlled by a government and leaders that have lost both their moral and directional compasses.

 

Let's hope that we don't see the Middle East go up in flames and that this resolution to approve an attack does.

 

Michael Payne

 

 

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