Catholic Political Site Goes Bonkers On Attack In Syria ( What About Obama ?)

One of the contributors at VOX NOVA had a piece that give voice to outrage on the recent attack in Syria by U.S. forces.

Needless to say I think he is being a tad one sided on his views of the "facts". At this moment I support what we did. I have a feeling this was not a Syria version of Green Acres we were attacking.

That being said there is a irony here. I have talked at some detail about what I believe is the double stand of Catholic Social Justice groups and those that proclaim that voice in the public square. Needless to say we see this in this current election with Catholic Social Justice Voices ignoring all the McCain stands on important Catholic Social Justice issues. BY THE WAY on that topic REPUBLICAN Senator Graham of South Carolina is being attacked for his stand on immigration reform. I suspect these same voices will not care since he is the EVIL GOP.

Anyway what about Obama. We heard a lot about the war mongering McCain and such. I have noted I am atad concerned about Obama's public statements on Paksitan. Thought I suspect VOX NOVA has not made the link others have. In the Weekly Standard


Obama Votes Present on U.S. Attack on al Qaeda in Syria
Noah Pollak notes the apparent contradiction between Obama's support for fighting al Qaeda in Pakistan and his silence on the U.S. cross-border attack into Syria on al Qaeda:

Obama says that the United States should strike at al Qaeda in Pakistan without the consent of the Pakistani government. So, he favors attacking al Qaeda in Pakistan, but presumably not in Syria, even though al Qaeda thrives in Syria not because of lawlessness (as in Pakistan) but because the group enjoys the hospitality of the Syrian government. Maybe if the Pakistani government began openly collaborating with al Qaeda, Obama would withdraw his support for military strikes.

If Obama was consistent, he would applaud the Syrian operation. His silence on the matter indicates otherwise. You’d think there were a few curious journalists out there who might wish to get him on the record about all of this…

I emailed the Obama campaign yesterday asking if they would issue a statement on the attack, and I received no response. Perhaps the mainstream press would prefer that Obama not have to take a position on a controversial foreign policy matter just days before voters have the opportunity to make him our commander in chief.
Posted by John McCormack on October 28, 2008 10:34 AM Permalink

Hmmm good question and after people quit pontificating about "pro life Catholics" see comment section and ragging on the evil Bush perhaps they will make the connection.