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Gibson against Syrian rebel aid
Sep 18, 2014 12:15 am
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Rep. Chris Gibson at Chatham Middle School. File photo.[/caption]
Jonathan Wiseman in The New York Times reports that on Wed., Sept. 17 the U.S. House of Representatives voted 273-156 to authorize the training and arming of Syrian rebels in a war against the so-called Islamic State. Local representative Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook), though, spoke out Sept. 16 against the measure. While 159 Republicans and 114 Democrats supported President Obama's program; 71 Republicans and 85 Democrats voted against it. Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democrat minority leader Nancy Pelosi both urged their party faithful to vote for the bill, but Gibson, a former Army officer who served in Iraq, spoke in opposition. “This evil organization has to be defeated,” Gibson said. “The question is how?” Gibson said on the House floor that he believes that the Islamic State in Syria is not a direct threat to the United States and escalating hostilities there, “is not the best approach.” The Senate takes up the issue Thu., Sept. 18.
Rep. Chris Gibson at Chatham Middle School. File photo.[/caption]Jonathan Wiseman in The New York Times reports that on Wed., Sept. 17 the U.S. House of Representatives voted 273-156 to authorize the training and arming of Syrian rebels in a war against the so-called Islamic State. Local representative Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook), though, spoke out Sept. 16 against the measure. While 159 Republicans and 114 Democrats supported President Obama's program; 71 Republicans and 85 Democrats voted against it. Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democrat minority leader Nancy Pelosi both urged their party faithful to vote for the bill, but Gibson, a former Army officer who served in Iraq, spoke in opposition. “This evil organization has to be defeated,” Gibson said. “The question is how?” Gibson said on the House floor that he believes that the Islamic State in Syria is not a direct threat to the United States and escalating hostilities there, “is not the best approach.” The Senate takes up the issue Thu., Sept. 18.