What MLK Can Teach Obama About Needless Foreign Wars
King's opposition to the Vietnam War should be a lesson to Obama on Syria.
King's opposition to the Vietnam War should be a lesson to Obama on Syria.
Has decided to take military action in Syria
Wants Congress to vote for intervention in Syria, says he has the authority to act without it
Being in power makes a big difference
Doing so could release deadly gas
Fulfilling contract signed before 2011
House of Commons voted against the principle of military intervention in Syria
Released the figure while outlining evidence against the Assad regime
Oversaw an intervention in Iraq that didn't go quite as planned
Doesn't look like members of Congress are going to be consulted
France and U.S. still have plans in place for intervention
Day after the British House of Commons voted against possible military intervention
Have been collecting evidence from site of alleged chemical attack near Damascus last week
List of potential partners shorter thanks to vote in British House of Commons yesterday
Not a fan of intervention
Having Congress approve is a moral responsibility, chief
Parliament voted down UK intervention in Syria
Still not being called back into session though
No plan to bring Congress back to debate the issue
Say it would plunge region into even worse sectarian violence
Don't count on the president obliging