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Obama's Waging War on Humanity
Post Date: 2013-09-03 15:27:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Waging War on Humanity by Stephen Lendman He's done it since day one in office. It rages nonstop. War on Afghanistan could continue for another decade or longer. Iraq and Libya are out-of control cauldrons of violence. Syria's the current eye of the storm. Obama intends escalating what's ongoing. Iran's turn awaits. Syria's Ministry of Information addressed how ordinary Syrians are affected. Obama bears full responsibility. Sabotage damaged vital infrastructure. "Power nets, oil and gas pipelines, hospitals and schools" are affected. "(M)ore than 1,700 schools, with losses of about 500 million Syrian pounds, have been devastated, besides ...
Chemical Watershed: Momentum Shifts again in Syrian Civil War
Post Date: 2013-09-03 03:51:24 by Tatarewicz
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REUTERS The US has stepped back from an immediate response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria on Aug. 21. But Washington continues to profess certainty that Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad is behind the attack. The situation on the ground provides clues as well. Two and a half years after the beginning of the uprising, Damascus has become an eerily empty city. The streets were deserted last Friday evening in the remaining regime-controlled districts -- from Bab Tuma in the east to Mezzeh in the west -- where there is still electricity, running water and phone service. ANZEIGE The Syrian capital was bracing itself for the worst. Last Thursday alone, over 10,000 people reportedly fled ...
Obama's War on Syria Imminent
Post Date: 2013-09-03 03:02:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's War on Syria Imminent by Stephen Lendman He decided to attack. He'll do so whether on not Congress approves. He'll ignore international law. He believes he has a divine right to do what he wants. He's an out-of-control rogue menace. He's a war criminal multiple times over. He's waging war on humanity. He's doing so based on lies. He wants another imperial trophy. He plans getting it one way or another. War is his option of choice. Who cares if Syrians bleed. Their pain and suffering is Washington's gain. On September 2, Russia Today headlined "Evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria should not be kept secret - Lavrov." Russian ...
Why Was Syria Attacked?
Post Date: 2013-09-03 03:01:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Why Was Syria Attacked? by Stephen Lendman On April 6, 2009, Seymour Hersh headlined "Syria Calling," saying: When Israel's December 2008/January 2009 Cast Lead war on Gaza ended, so did "promising peace talks between Israel and Syria." For almost a year, both countries negotiated. They did so in Istanbul through intermediaries. Many complicated issues were resolved. Diplomatic normalization was agreed on in principle. At a mid-January Qatar summit, Assad called Israel's war "the language of blood." He wanted Arab League members to boycott Israel. He urged closing Israeli embassies throughout the region. He wanted all "direct or indirect ...
Iran warned US about Sarin gas in Syria: Defense Minister
Post Date: 2013-09-02 23:17:36 by Tatarewicz
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US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he had decided to launch a military attack against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons and now seeks congressional consent for the move, which will debate the issue when lawmakers return from recess on September 9. Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says Tehran had given the US information about the import of a chemical nerve agent to Syria by militants eight months ago. “Threats of a military strike under the pretext of using chemical weapons in Syria come as [the US] ignored Iran’s warnings about Sarin gas being taken to Syria eight months ago and [thereby] practically paved the way for ...
McBAMA: Obama Solicits McCain’s Help to Sell Us the Bad Idea of Bombing Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-02 20:00:51 by christine
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LoL. I wonder how the Obomber loving nesters feel about this.
Obama's War on Syria: Dissent in the Ranks
Post Date: 2013-09-02 15:08:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's War on Syria: Dissent in the Ranks by Stephen Lendman On September 2, London's Daily Mail headlined " 'I didn't join the Navy to fight for al Qaeda in a Syrian civil war': Picture of serviceman goes viral... but is it real?" More on that below. The Pentagon goes all out to avoid dissent in the ranks. It surfaced in Vietnam. Until 1967, order was well maintained. After Tet in late January/February 1968, things changed. Mutinies forced the Pentagon to disguise them with language like "combat refusal." Soldiers disobeyed orders. Most were search and destroy missions. They were put in harms way. They faced formidable enemies. At times, entire ...
Obama summons AIPAC's biggest stooges in bid for warmongering (alternate title)
Post Date: 2013-09-02 14:20:09 by X-15
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Former rivals to key allies? That's what the White House envisions by extending an invitation to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to visit the White House this afternoon, hoping President Obama's onetime foe will become a crucial ally to help convince skeptical lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to vote for military intervention in Syria. McCain will be joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the White House around 2 p.m., aides to the senators said. After the president announced Saturday that he will seek congressional approval for any military strikes in Syria, Graham and McCain, both foreign policy hawks, could be important pieces to the puzzle as the administration tries to ...
Ticket To War: No Moron Left Behind
Post Date: 2013-09-02 11:43:16 by Horse
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We need this en masse
Post Date: 2013-09-01 21:28:07 by christine
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US State Terror Targets Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-01 15:09:08 by Stephen Lendman
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US State Terror Targets Syria by Stephen Lendman Sunday was John Kerry's third Colin Powell moment. Lies beget more of them. Kerry's a serial liar. He's a malicious one. He appeared on five Sunday talk shows. He wrongfully blamed Assad for August 21's Ghouta attack. He said Syria used sarin nerve gas. He has "high confidence" Congress will approve lawless aggression. In 2002, it authorized "use of military force against Iraq." It's uncertain if they'll do so against Syria. On September 9, it returns from summer recess. Unless called back earlier into special session, we won't know until it votes yea or nay. Kerry used air time to make ...
Will Boehner stop our rogue president?
Post Date: 2013-09-01 06:24:59 by Big Meanie
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The next 72 hours will be decisive in the career of the speaker of the House. The alternatives he faces are these: John Boehner can, after “consultation,” give his blessing to Barack Obama’s decision to launch a war on Syria, a nation that has neither attacked nor threatened us. Or Boehner can instruct Obama that, under our Constitution, in the absence of an attack on the United States, Congress alone has the authority to decide whether the United States goes to war. As speaker, he can call the House back on Monday to debate, and decide, whether to authorize the war Obama is about to start. In the absence of a Congressional vote for war, Boehner should remind the ...
Putin Speaks Out on Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-01 02:58:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin Speaks Out on Syria by Stephen Lendman Russia emphatically opposes war on Syria. Throughout months of conflict, it's gone all out to prevent further escalation. With China, it vetoed three Security Council resolutions to do so. Putin and Obama represent opposing doctrines. Putin supports peace and stability. He believes nation-state sovereignty is inviolable. He affirms UN Charter and other fundamental rule of law principles. Obama thrives on violence. He supports America's divine right of intervention. He's waging multiple direct and proxy wars. He's doing so lawlessly. He spurns international, constitutional and US statute laws. He does so unaccountably. He ...
Lies, Damn Lies and John Kerry Lies
Post Date: 2013-09-01 02:57:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Lies, Damn Lies and John Kerry Lies by Stephen Lendman Once wasn't enough for Kerry. He came. He saw. He lied. He did twice. Friday was his second Colin Powell moment. It's prelude to lawless aggression. Lies assure more lies. They used to launch wars. All wars are based on lies. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Truth is the ally of peace. It's the enemy of war. On August 30, The New York Times headlined "Kerry Becomes Chief Advocate for US Attack," saying: He "laid out the case. (He) mad(e) a closing argument to a skeptical jury." Twenty-four times he lied saying "we know." He "left no doubt that the United States (will) respond ...
Saudi Prince Bandar behind chemical attack in Syria: Report
Post Date: 2013-09-01 01:13:02 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Syrians in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta say Saudi Arabia provided chemical weapons for an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group which they blame for the August 21 chemical attack in the region, a Mint Press News report says. The article co-authored by a veteran AP reporter, said interviews with doctors, residents, anti-government forces and their families in Ghouta suggest the terrorists in question received chemical weapons via Saudi spymaster Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud. The report quoted the father of a militant as saying that his son and 12 others were killed inside a tunnel used to store weapons supplied by a Saudi militant leader, ...
Verify chemical weapons use before unleashing the dogs of war
Post Date: 2013-08-31 19:59:13 by scrapper2
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The Obama administration has selectively used intelligence to justify military strikes on Syria, former military officers with access to the original intelligence reports say, in a manner that goes far beyond what critics charged the Bush administration of doing in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war. According to these officers, who served in top positions in the United States, Britain, France, Israel, and Jordan, a Syrian military communication intercepted by Israel’s famed Unit 8200 electronic intelligence outfit has been doctored so that it leads a reader to just the opposite conclusion reached by the original report. The doctored report was leaked to a private Internet-based ...
Duplicitous Anti-Syrian Editorials
Post Date: 2013-08-31 15:21:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Duplicitous Anti-Syrian Editorials by Stephen Lendman Media scoundrels march in lockstep. When America goes to war or plans one, they're supportive right or wrong. Throughout months of conflict, they pilloried Assad. They did so unjustifiably. They turned truth on its head. They blame him for insurgent crimes. They do it repeatedly. On August 30, Wall Street Journal editors headlined "The Chemical Evidence," saying: "Kerry echoes Bush in making the case on WMD(s) in Syria. If (he) talked like this in 2004, he would have been president." Clear evidence showed another stolen election. Gore won in 2000. Kerry won convincingly. They knew it. They stayed silent. ...
BO to seek Congressional Declaration of War
Post Date: 2013-08-31 14:13:24 by Lod
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News blurb speech from the Rose Garden just now. He'll have discussions when they re-convene. Amazing.
Obama Invented Pretext for Lawless Aggression
Post Date: 2013-08-31 03:10:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Invented Pretext for Lawless Aggression By Stephen Lendman When US enemies don't exist, they're invented. When rule of law principles are clear and unequivocal, they're twisted to fit US policy. On August 30, White House Special Assistant to the President/Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said: "When the president reaches a determination about the appropriate response and a legal justification is required to substantiate or to back up that decision, we'll produce one on our own." In other words, reasons given will fit policy. They'll be created out of whole cloth. They'll violate core legal principles, standards and norms. It ...
Buchanan on why neocons support Syria strike: ‘Syria is the backdoor to war with Iran’
Post Date: 2013-08-30 16:08:57 by Big Meanie
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On Andrea Tantaros’ radio show on Friday, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan warned against taking military action in Syria, especially without knowing a lot of the facts on the ground. “There is a natural healthy reluctance to launch a new war based on an incident, which appears to be the use of some kind of chemical weapon,” Buchanan said. “We don’t know who ordered it. We don’t know how it was delivered. We don’t know whether it was chlorine or serine. We have no idea or we have not gotten proof as far as I’ve seen that [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad ordered this done. And the idea that we would launch unilaterally a war ...
Are the National Review’s ‘Editors’ just Rich Lowry?
Post Date: 2013-08-30 13:28:13 by Big Meanie
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Why does the National Review want the United States to take stronger measures against Bashir al-Assad when the majority of its contributors, along with the American public, seem to be wary of any kind of intervention? In an editorial published Wednesday, “The Editors” endorsed the Obama administration’s intention to take military action in Syria, while arguing they should go further, putting U.S. special forces on the ground to arm and train a rebel army with links to al-Qaeda, “creating proxy forces on the ground.” Though they stopped short of calling for the U.S. to topple Assad — it’s a “manifestly desirable goal,” but for the ...
Nobel Laureate Obama Plans War on Syria Based on Lies
Post Date: 2013-08-30 03:04:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Nobel Peace Laureate Obama Plans War on Syria Based on Lies by Stephen Lendman In awarding its 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Committee members turned truth on its head, saying: Obama made "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." He "created a new climate in international politics. Multinational diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions play." He envisions "a world without nuclear weapons." "Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened." "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama ...
Senator v. President Obama on War and Peace
Post Date: 2013-08-30 03:03:22 by Stephen Lendman
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Senator v. President Obama on War and Peace by Stephen Lendman All politicians lie. It goes with the territory. Obama honed his skills to a fine art. He's a serial liar. He's a con man. He says one thing. He does another. He's done it throughout his political career. In 1996, he was elected Illinois' 13th district senator. In 1998 and 2002, he was reelected. He lost his 2000 US House bid. From 2004 - 2008, he was Illinois' junior senator. On January 4, 2005, he ranked 99th out of 100 senators in seniority. Four years later he was president. In October 2002, he addressed the impending Iraq war. "I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all ...
Obama's World: Peace a Convenient Illusion
Post Date: 2013-08-29 14:57:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's World: Peace a Convenient Illusion by Stephen Lendman Peace and stability defeat Obama's agenda. Violence, instability and permanent wars further it. They persist nonstop. New wars follow earlier ones. Some never end. Afghanistan is America's longest war. It's continued longer than WW I and II combined. It shows no signs of ending. It could last another decade or longer. Wherever America shows up, mass killing and destruction follow. Occupations are permanent. America's empire of bases supports them. They're in 150 or more countries. Secret ones add to known numbers. They reflect neocolonialism writ large. During WW II, Brits complained. They said US ...
Why Is the U.S. Destabilizing One Country After Another?
Post Date: 2013-08-29 04:48:55 by Ada
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Several motivations are operating simultaneously. One is offered by Phil Greaves of Global Research: “There are predominantly two parties to blame for the sectarianism rife in Syria and spreading beyond its borders, they are: Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Sitting behind these states, and driving their destructive policy is, as always, the Empire of the era. Those who gain the most from destabilizing whole resource-rich regions for their own benefit. For the last 60 years, that Empire has been the United States of America.” A second explanation is the hypothesis of Paul Craig Roberts: “Perhaps the purpose of the wars is to radicalize Muslims and, thereby, destabilize Russia and ...
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