Your Syria Update

Well, it looks like John Kerry is seriously in the running as the worst Secretary of State of the 2000s, and since this includes Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice, this is a considerable accomplishment:

Secretary of State John Kerry told House Democrats during a Monday conference call that they face a "Munich moment" as they weigh whether to approve striking Syria to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad for using chemical weapons, two sources with knowledge of the call told NBC News.

The phrase is a reference to the 1938 Munich Pact that ceded control of part of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany -- a moment that history has harshly judged as an appeasement of Adolf Hitler that preceded World War II.

Seriously, invoking Hitler and Munich?  This from the man who once asked, "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"

This is absolutely loathsome, and typifies the attitude of the Obama administration, which has abandoned any sense of perspective and history on this subject.

That being said, it might be the most loathsome thing said over the weekend about this, because we have John McCain on the political scene:

Greg tweets:

On CNN just now, McCain says Congress overruling Prez on a national security matter would set dangerous precedent

This is total, complete, nonsense, and betrays a deep lack of understanding — or perhaps a lack of support — for the U.S. political system.

To remind Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) of the basics of the Constitution: Congress and the president are co-equal. That’s true in general, and it’s true of “national security matters” in particular. The president is commander-in-chief, but Congress not only has the power to declare war, but also the responsibility for funding the armed forces, the diplomats and, well, everything else in the government.

It appears that John McCain cannot be bothered to read the Constitution, which vests the power to declare war exclusively in the hands of the legislative branch.

Additionally, the Obama administration, or at least the increasingly unhinged John Kerry has declared that, "Obama 'has the right' to strike regardless of vote."

I am appalled. This is a position which is simply lawless, and makes a joke of both the Constitution and any Congressional vote.

I'm not sure what the vote is for, unless it's just politics. (see pic)

Worst Constitutional Law Professor Ever.^™

H/t Living Blue in a Red State for the pic.