(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Obama Needs to Sell Syria Strike to Americans, Say Boehner, Cantor -- Roll Call
Feeling the pressure of a Congress and a public that appears strongly opposed to a U.S. military strike against Syria, House GOP leaders are calling on President Barack Obama to make his case to the American people.
A spokesman for Speaker John A. Boehner said Friday that the Ohio Republican has “consistently said the president has an obligation to make his case for intervention directly to the American people.” Boehner earlier this week came out in favor of intervention in Syria, in retaliation for that regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons against its own people.
Read more ....
My Comment: Here is a prediction .... House Speaker John A. Boehner will rue the day when he made the decision to support the White House in going to war against Syria.