{"id":6518,"date":"2014-09-19T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T11:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=6518"},"modified":"2014-09-19T11:19:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T11:19:19","slug":"bipartisanship-returns-for-a-time-at-least","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=6518","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisanship returns … for a time at least"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Obama got what he asked for from Congress: authorization to train and arm Syrian rebels.<\/p>\n

The vote in both congressional chambers crossed party lines, with a majority of Democrats and Republicans supporting his request.<\/p>\n

Does this mean Congress is going to set aside its partisan differences among its members and with the president and start actually governing? I’m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n

But I was struck by a comment I heard in the wake of the Senate vote from a lawmaker who said that the fact that Congress actually passed something with a bipartisan vote ought to send chills up the spines of the bad guys we’re trying to destroy in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the vote is a tricky one.<\/p>\n

U.S. national security officials say they’ve identified “moderate” foes of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Those are the people who’ll get the arms and the training to use them. The Islamic State will be isolated and wiped out eventually, they contend.<\/p>\n

Obama also said that he’s lined up a coalition of about 40 nations. France is going to start flying sorties over targets in Iraq and aiding in our bombing campaign against the Islamic State.<\/p>\n

Great. But what about the Sunni Arab states that have pledged to aid in this effort?<\/p>\n

They need to get in the game — quickly.<\/p>\n\n

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