Over the past couple of weeks I've written multiple times about the illegality of the Obama administration's plan to bomb Syria. But the lack of legal legitimacy in what Obama is preparing to do should be reiterated. Even if Congress grants Obama authorization to...
William G. Howell at Foreign Policy explains that Obama's decision to go to Congress was not out of respect for the Constitution but to gain political cover for an action he knows is reckless. Or, as Howell puts it, "to force members of Congress to go on the record...
In a dazzling display of chutzpah, the White House is demanding that Congress demonstrate blind trust in a U.S. intelligence establishment headed by James Clapper, a self-confessed perjurer.That’s a lot to ask in seeking approval for a military attack on Syria, a...
Late last month, only 9 percent of Americans supported a U.S. intervention in Syria even if chemical weapons attacks were confirmed, according to a Reuters/IPSOS poll. Just over a week later, after the gauntlet of pro-war propaganda from the Obama administration,...
Freedom Works policy analyst Julie Borowski on her evolution to anti-interventionism.
Any U.S. bombing mission in Syria is unlikely to effectively protect civilians and runs the risk of instigating a regional war and greater U.S. involvement, according to a study just published by the RAND Corporation. "Destroying or grounding the Syrian air force is...
The United States (Government) hasn't been legally at war since September 12, 1945, when the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia surrendered to Allied Commander Louis Mountbatten in Singapore, ending World War II. That's right, the Korean "War," the Vietnam "War," the...
After meeting with President Obama, Republican House Speaker John Boehner spoke to reporters outside the White House to publicly voice his support for the administration's case for bombing Syria. We must bomb Syria "to warn others around the world that this type of...
McClatchy has a valuable article poking holes in various aspects of the Obama administration's case for war with Syria. In one segment, reporters Hannah Allam and Mark Seibel question the U.S.'s estimate for how many Syrians were killed in the alleged sarin gas attack...
President Obama has said explicitly that his attack on Syria would be limited. It would not be aimed at regime change, wouldn't include boots on the ground, and wouldn't even aim to prevent the Assad regime from being able to continue to use violence to fight the...
