There are eight reasons why I predict Congress will not support Obama’s war initiative in Syria:
- Obama has not presented a clearly defined purpose for such an attack—far from it. He looks like he is in over his head, which will work against him.
- It isn’t even clear that the Assad government is the culprit.
- There is no international support for Obama’s plan, including the U.N. Bush has 48 countries supporting his war; Obama has one—the French. That’s not very reassuring.
- The conflict in Syria is a thirty-month-old civil war that is none of our business. We haven’t been attacked like we were on 9/11.
- Our national interests are not at stake, despite Obama and Kerry’s insistence that they are. What national interest? Be specific.
- The American people do not want another Middle Eastern war—neither Democrats, Republicans, or Independents favor it.
- Attacking Assad would help al Qaeda, and Americans have no stomach for that, especially so close to the 9/11 attack and Benghazi.
- Obama has routinely treated Congress contemptuously, so there is very little personal loyalty to him—not even in his own party. So, our feckless elected representatives are not going to risk losing their seats so that Obama can save face. It isn’t going to happen, and certainly not in the House of Representatives, where the money is.
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