I think that this upcoming Congress could make it difficult for President Obama to close Guantanamo....I also think that we will see insistence (and money!) to draw a line in the sand with IS(IS)....
Don't kid yourself! This new Senate, (re: Mitch McConnell and a host of others!) as well as the House have most definitely been influenced by the Tea Party! As I have stated, buffoons Lindsey "Chinless" Graham and John "Tornado McNasty" McCain will hold very little sway with their new and much younger Republican compatriots! None of which as a taste for getting the U.S. in any formidable, entangling "Police Action/War!" On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:39 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Hawks Triumph in Senate; Will Push More Aggressive US Policy * > *Ernst, Cotton Lead Incoming Class of Hawks *by Jason Ditz, November 05, > 2014 > > The Republicans took control of the Senate > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/04/politics/election-day-story/index.html> in > Tuesday’s elections, but much more important than which party took control > is the nature of the incoming Senators from the new ruling party. > > It’s not an influx of Tea Party members, reluctant to waste US funds on > overseas adventures and suspicious of federal power, but rather a series > of hawks <http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=68811> in the > model of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R – SC) that seized the reins of power last > night. > > The new senators are typified by Jodi Ernst (R – IA) and Tom Cotton (R – > AR), who campaigned > <http://theweek.com/article/index/271203/the-rise-of-joni-ernst-mdash-and-the-return-of-the-bush-era-gop> > heavy on escalating the ISIS war in Iraq and Syria, as well as being more > hawkish at essentially every opportunity. > > Turkey in particular is expressing hope that this new Senate will push > the administration toward dramatic escalations > <http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/11/05/democrat-losses-in-senate-might-be-good-news-for-turkey>of > the war, particularly in Syria, where Turkey has been hoping that an > outright US invasion will happen and gift them with all the foreign policy > goals they had in mind when they started backing Islamist rebels against > the Assad government. > > The new senators are seen as even more hostile toward Iran as well, and > while some are presenting this as a victory for Israeli Premier Benjamin > Netanyahu, others in the Israeli press wonder > <http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.premium-1.624896> how > well Netanyahu will be able to balance the increasing US-Israel split in > the new political environment. > > Still Iran negotiations are the one thing the Senate can most easily > sabotage, as it would likely just take a new round of sanctions > <http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=68811> aimed specifically > at killing the talks to get the job done. > > That’s the silver lining elsewhere, as presidents have become so > dictatorial in foreign policy in recent years that Congress has little > direct say in wars and such, and can’t directly force escalations of > conflicts. > > But President Obama’s commitment to any particular level of escalation in > his assorted wars is paper thin, and in the face of a more confrontational > Senate he’s liable to agree to trade war escalations for other issues > without much thought. > > The victory of Senate hawks has also put NSA reforms and the CIA torture > report in serious doubt, with Senate Intelligence Committee member Mark > Udall (D – CO) losing his seat. Udall was one of the most public critics of > government surveillance and intelligence community abuses, and the > committee’s pending reshuffle with more pro-surveillance, pro-torture > figures could spell the end to a push for reform. > > > > http://news.antiwar.com/2014/11/05/hawks-triumph-in-senate-will-push-more-aggressive-us-policy/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
