In an article titled Lawmakers give mixed reactions to Syria speech found on CNN.com, it seems that there are a lot of members of congress who disagree with him. Take House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, Representative from Michigan, for example. He said that the president urgently needs to develop and execute a strategy to address all those threats.
Along with Rogers, Republican Senators Lindsey Grahm of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona said that the president didn't speak more forcefully about the need to increase the military assistance to moderate the Syrian forces. They also say that they regret he didn't come out with a clearer plan to test the Russian and Syrian proposal to move the chemical weapons to international custody.
However, most of the Democrat representatives and senators believe he did a good job. Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland believed he made a good moral argument.
From what I watched of the speech Obama made, I must agree with Cummings. Obama made an awesome moral argument. Did it solve anything? Eh....not really. The Senate delayed the vote on the Syria resolution which has less support after the Russian Government offered a possible path to get Syria to hand over their weapons.
I really don't have much of a stance on this issue because, frankly, I don't know much of the issue to make an educated decision on how the Senate should vote. Obama seems to have made his decision by saying he is not going to send any American troops to Syria. This sets my mind at ease because I would like to keep all soldiers close for as long as possible. Can the Senate sit on this decision much longer? Probably not. Let's just hope a decision is made soon.
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