POLITICO
Rep. Peter King says President Barack Obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for U.S. military intervention in Syria sends “mixed signals” to Iran and the world, calling it a "clear failure of leadership."
“If we can't stop Syria on a red line with chemical weapons, how can anyone expect us to stop Iran with the red line on nuclear weapons?” the New York Republican asked on “Fox News Sunday.”
Obama is authorized under the War Powers Act to move unilaterally, King said, and refusing to do so is a “clear failure of leadership.”
“If he says this is as important as it is and sending so many mixed signals over really the last year and certainly over the last ten days, this is a clear failure of leadership,” King said. “And if you feel so strongly about it and he doesn't want to take the action himself that he should call us back into session tomorrow. We can't be waiting nine, ten days, and allowing Syria to prepare for this and sending such a mixed signal to the world and particularly to Iran.”
