Justin Amash: ‘Gov’t Is Breaking Law’ By Sending ‘Weapons to Opposition Forces in Syria’
September 12, 2013
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that “the CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been promised by the Obama administration, according to U.S. officials and Syrian figures.” “The shipments,” the article continued, “began streaming into the country over the past two weeks, along with […]
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Chomsky on Syria: The Idea That the US Enforces International Law is ‘Hardly Even a Joke’
September 12, 2013
The following is an excerpt from Democracy Now, in which Noam Chomsky responds to Obama’s Tuesday night Syria speech: “Well, the Russian plan is a godsend for Obama. It saves him from what would look like a very serious political defeat. He has not been able to obtain virtually any international support for this—the action […]
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Why is Kim Kagan Throwing Young Analyst Under the Bus?
September 12, 2013
By now, if you have been following the political minutiae of the Syria debate in Washington, you know that a young Syria analyst (who turned out to be a pro-opposition advocate) was fired yesterday from her job at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which is run by neoconservative interventionist Kimberly Kagan, for […]
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Sen. Rand Paul’s Response to Obama’s War Speech
September 10, 2013
The Senatorial leader of the new antiwar movement takes on Obama’s Syrian war plans: Twelve years after we were attacked by al-Qaida, 12 years after 3,000 Americans were killed by al-Qaida, President Obama now asks us to be allies with al-Qaida. Americans by a large majority want nothing to do with the Syrian civil war. […]
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Obama Might Unwittingly Lead U.S. to a Decade of Peace
September 10, 2013
President Obama might have already achieved more for peace and stability in the Middle East than he is actually aware. The public debate on the Syrian Civil War and a possible U.S. strike on the Assad regime has shown that public opinion strongly favors non-interventionism to the neo-conservativism of recent history. More than a decade […]
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Poll: 74% Oppose Bombing Syria, Half Think DC Establishment Wants War More Than Public
September 10, 2013
Via Emily Ekins at Reason.com, polling shows 74 percent of Americans think bombing Syria would be “unwise” and half of Americans believe the D.C. establishment wants war more than the public. We’ve known about the low public support for strikes in Syria form the beginning, but the latest polling in this Reason-Rupe poll, among others, show […]
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Wars Are Always More Expensive Than Officials Promise
September 10, 2013
As the American people await the possible commencement of another U.S. war in the Middle East, Veronique de Rugy, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, has put together a series of charts to illustrate the uncontrollable financial cost of our other recent wars. John Kerry’s promises that a U.S. strike […]
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Obama’s Fumbling Incompetence on Syria
September 10, 2013
In most cases throughout Obama’s presidency, I’ve hesitated to criticize the administration for incompetence or ineptitude. In his famously deliberative style, I’ve typically believed President Obama to be cold and calculating in his ruthless and extra-legal drone war. He has been thoughtful in crafting and executing his military expansionism in Asia aimed at containing a […]
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The US – a Rogue State – Has No Business Enforcing ‘International Norms’
September 9, 2013
From the very beginning of the Obama administration’s call for war in Syria to punish the Assad regime for allegedly using chemical weapons, the point of American hypocrisy has been made and made again. As U.S. officials gasp at chemical weapons use in Syria and cite it as a pretext for intervention, they fail to […]
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Chris Hayes on Why He Opposes Bombing Syria
September 9, 2013
MSNBC host Chris Hayes explains why he opposes the US bombing of Syria:
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