Quote Originally Posted by Storekeeper
Kind of a chicken shit maneuver but oh well ...
Why is it a chicken shit maneuver? Only Congress has the authority to start a war except in cases of emergency threats to the USA and it's hard to see how a Syrian civil war presents that.

It is also a rather clever political move by Obama, he has positioned the GOP so that they will vote against something they love or vote for something he wants, which they hate. It also puts pressure on Weepy McBoner to try to rally his caucus to actually do something.

They will probably attach a rider to any Syria intervention bill to defund Obamacare safe in the knowledge that he will veto it and then go back to naming post offices.