Tunga kongressledamöter tvivlar på framgång för Obama
Flera tunga medlemmar av kongressen uttryckte under söndagen sitt tvivel på Obamas möjligheter att få stöd för ett angrepp på Syrien.
Members of U.S. Congress question White House approach on Syria
(Reuters) - The White House pressed its case on Sunday for military action in Syria but faced an uphill fight in Congress, where several prominent lawmakers said they have not been persuaded to approve strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
With a crucial test vote planned in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough made the rounds of five Sunday talk shows to argue that a limited strike in response to the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons would send a message of deterrence.
But Mike Rogers, Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee and a supporter of the strikes, said President Barack Obama had made "a hash" of his argument for military action to punish Assad.
"It's very clear he's lost support in the last week ... The president hasn't made the case," Rogers said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
Observera att även senaten ska rösta först på onsdag, så ryktet från TV-stationen i Chicago att man skulle rösta på måndag var nog fel.
Intressant är att Kerry nu också gör en Hollande och säger att man kanske trots allt ska vänta på FN:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking in Paris after meeting key Arab foreign ministers, did not rule out returning to the U.N. Security Council to secure a Syria resolution once U.N. inspectors complete a report on a chemical weapons attack but said Arab countries wanted a tough response.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/08/us-syria-crisis-usa-idUSBRE9850VK20130908
Förmodligen betyder denna backpedaling att Obama tvivlar på att det går att få igenom resolutionen i kongressen redan under den kommande veckan.
Flera tunga medlemmar av kongressen uttryckte under söndagen sitt tvivel på Obamas möjligheter att få stöd för ett angrepp på Syrien.
Members of U.S. Congress question White House approach on Syria
(Reuters) - The White House pressed its case on Sunday for military action in Syria but faced an uphill fight in Congress, where several prominent lawmakers said they have not been persuaded to approve strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
With a crucial test vote planned in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough made the rounds of five Sunday talk shows to argue that a limited strike in response to the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons would send a message of deterrence.
But Mike Rogers, Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee and a supporter of the strikes, said President Barack Obama had made "a hash" of his argument for military action to punish Assad.
"It's very clear he's lost support in the last week ... The president hasn't made the case," Rogers said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
Observera att även senaten ska rösta först på onsdag, så ryktet från TV-stationen i Chicago att man skulle rösta på måndag var nog fel.
Intressant är att Kerry nu också gör en Hollande och säger att man kanske trots allt ska vänta på FN:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking in Paris after meeting key Arab foreign ministers, did not rule out returning to the U.N. Security Council to secure a Syria resolution once U.N. inspectors complete a report on a chemical weapons attack but said Arab countries wanted a tough response.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/08/us-syria-crisis-usa-idUSBRE9850VK20130908
Förmodligen betyder denna backpedaling att Obama tvivlar på att det går att få igenom resolutionen i kongressen redan under den kommande veckan.
