Veteran Intelligence Professionals Warn Obama on Syrian Intel
September 6, 2013
Despite the Obama administration’s supposedly “high confidence” regarding Syrian government guilt over the Aug. 21 chemical attack near Damascus, a dozen former U.S. military and intelligence officials are telling President Obama that they are picking up information that undercuts the Official Story. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Is […]
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Pat Buchanan: Syria Is Dress Rehearsal For War With Iran
September 6, 2013
Pat Buchanan on the Neil Cavuto Show on Fox:
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John Kerry and the Orwellian Language of War
September 6, 2013
When is a war not a war? According to John Kerry, launching cruise missiles at Syria is not a war. Testifying before the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry said, "President Obama is not asking America to go to war." Kerry’s argument seems to hinge on the idea that no American ground troops will likely […]
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Unintended Consequences, Blowback Already Brewing From Potential Syria Strike
September 6, 2013
The Wall Street Journal reports on intelligence suggesting militants in the region will abruptly go on the offensive against the U.S. if the Obama administration bombs Syria: The U.S. has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack the U.S. Embassy and other American interests in Baghdad in the event of a […]
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At Town Hall, McCain Faces Uproarious Crowd Opposing Syria Intervention
September 6, 2013
Huffington Post: McCain had planned to talk about immigration and other issues at the gathering at a public library, but Syria dominated the conversation. He was interrupted from the start by someone shouting that his response on the topic wasn’t good enough. A few people held up signs from their seats with messages such as […]
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Kerry’s Clapper Moment: The Least Untruthful Part of the Syria Testimony?
September 5, 2013
Many people cocked their heads when Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress this week that the Syrian rebel opposition is increasingly moderate and secular, while the jihadist forces aligned with al-Qaeda are faltering. That seemed wrong to many people who…uh, follow the news and official statements. Here is Kerry’s statement: The opposition has increasingly […]
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‘Red Line’ Resolutions for Congress Before Voting Authorization of War to Overthrow the Govt of Syria
September 5, 2013
Whereas the President of the United States, in his remarks to a PBS interviewer on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 has declared that “I have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in Syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like chemical weapons that could threaten […]
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Edward Snowden’s Successes: Whistleblowing Works
September 5, 2013
Two weeks ago the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) succeeded through a FOIA request in compelling the Justice Department to release a 2011 FISA court opinion, which ruled significant parts of the NSA’s surveillance unconstitutional. Today, another victory: In a major victory in one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, the Justice Department conceded yesterday that it will […]
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US Bombing in Syria Will Help Jihadist Extremist Militias
September 5, 2013
One issue that came up several times in the congressional hearings on the authorization for the use of force in Syria is whether or not the U.S. will markedly weaken the Assad regime in its targeted bombing campaign. Secretary of State John Kerry equivocated when asked this question several times, careful not to indicate that […]
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What Message Will Iran Get If US Bombs Syria?
September 5, 2013
As I wrote earlier this week, much of the pretext for bombing Syria because of chemical weapons use is overshadowed by more fundamental motivations on the part of the Obama administration. Namely, to “send a message” to Iran – the idea being that if Assad can cross Obama’s red line without consequence then the Iranian […]
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