Adam Smith | NYT Says Congress Has ‘Duty’ to Make War–Rather Than the Right to Reject It
Presidents...do have a duty under the Constitution to get Congress’s approval before waging war.
Sarah Martin | Report on Syria from Judy Bello and the U.S. Peace Council
The U.S. delegation was also granted a two-hour meeting with President Bashar al-Assad.
Lauren McCauley | As Election Day Nears, Military Hawks Circle to Promote New Wave of War
“D.C. foreign policy elite are giddy that hawkish Barack Obama will be replaced by much more hawkish Hillary Clinton.”
David Swanson | Of All the Opinions I’ve Heard on Syria
if you want actual aid delivered on a massive scale, if you want withdrawal of foreign forces and the opening of serious negotiations for disarmament and peace...
Tomgram | Patrick Cockburn, An Endless Cycle of Indecisive Wars
…no less crucial for being obvious: in most of these countries, where Islam is the dominant religion, ... al-Qaeda, and the Taliban are essentially the only available vehicles for protest and rebellion. By now, they have completely replaced the socialist and nationalist movements that predominated in the twentieth century; these years have, that is, seen a remarkable reversion to religious, ethnic, and tribal identity, to movements that seek to establish their own exclusive territory by the persecution and expulsion of minorities.
David Swanson | Talking About Forgiveness
A U.S. Air Force officer recently said that a tool that would allow dropping food accurately to starving people in Syria would not be used for such a purely humanitarian operation because it costs $60,000. Yet the U.S. military is blowing through tens of billions of dollars on killing people there, and hundreds of billions of dollars every year on maintaining the ability to do the same all over the world.
Global Research: Why Syrians Support Bashar al Assad
Anderson: The fact that there is popular dissatisfaction with corruption and cronyism, and that an authoritarian state maintains a type of personality cult, does not negate the man’s genuine popularity.
Glenn Greenwald: The Fun of Empire — Fighting on All Sides of a War in Syria
But the only clear lesson from all of this is that no matter the propagandistic script used, U.S. military action in that region virtually never fulfills the stated goals (nor is it intended to do so), and achieves little other than justifying endless military action for its own sake.
Robert Parry: Neocons Seek New Ultimatum on Syria
Exclusive: The Washington Post’s neocon editors are pushing for another U.S. military ultimatum against a Muslim country in the Mideast. Citing discredited “evidence” pinning the Aug. 21 Sarin attack on the Syrian government, the Post wants President Obama to re-issue a war threat, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry ConsoriumNews.org February 2, 2014You have to hand it More
Ray McGovern: How War on Syria Lost Its Way
Exclusive: What looked like another U.S. march to war in the Mideast has turned toward a peaceful accord that carries hope of getting Syria to relinquish its chemical weapons and achieving a cease-fire, maybe even an end to the civil war. But some want to resume the drive toward a U.S. attack, ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern says. By More
John Pilger> The Silent Military Coup That Took Over Washington
Militarism disguised as democracy This time it's Syria, last time it was Iraq. Obama chose to accept the entire Pentagon of the Bush era: its wars and war crimes John Kerry. (photo: file) By John Pilger, Guardian UK via ReaderSupportedNews.com 11 September 13 n my wall is the Daily Express front page of September More
John Pilger> The Silent Military Coup That Took Over Washington
Militarism disguised as democracy This time it's Syria, last time it was Iraq. Obama chose to accept the entire Pentagon of the Bush era: its wars and war crimes John Kerry. (photo: file) By John Pilger, Guardian UK via ReaderSupportedNews.com 11 September 13 n my wall is the Daily Express front page of September More