22 October 2013 — TomDispatch
Tag: Congress
Obama’s Humiliating Defeat By Glen Ford
11 September 2013 — Black Agenda Report
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
When presidents fail, it is a public spectacle. In his rush into unprovoked war against Syria, President Obama overplayed his hand. Shortly before he appeared on television on Wednesday, “Obama’s handlers advised him that his political position was, for the time being, untenable.” But he’ll soon be back on the warpath, meaner and more aggressive than ever. Continue reading
The US Government Stands Revealed to the World as a Collection of War Criminals and Liars By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
10 September 2013 — williambowles.info
Does the American public have the strength of character to face the fact that the US government stands before the entire world revealed as a collection of war criminals who lie every time that they open their mouth? Will Congress and the American public buy the White House lie that they must support war criminals and liars or “America will lose face”?
A War for Israel By Paul Larudee
10 September 2013 — Dissident Voice
If there was ever any doubt about the purpose of intervention in Syria, it has been dispelled as hoards of lobbyists from AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, including 250 Jewish leaders, descend upon Capitol Hill. Their mission is to make sure that each and every member of Congress knows how important it is to vote in favor of American military intervention in Syria.
On Syria, Sunday Morning TV Journalists Don't Need Proof By Peter Hart
10 September 2013 — FAIR Blog
The public doesn’t seem to support going to war in Syria–but some high-profile Sunday morning TV journalists are either declaring their support for the war, or professing faith in the case for going to war.
“Funny Things” Keep Happening on the Way to the War On Syria. The Whole World is on a Dangerously Slippery Slope By Jooneed Khan
10 September 2013 — Global Research
Funny things on the way to the War ON Syria have been happening ever since the war IN Syria began two and a half years ago, and they just keep piling on.
Want to Know Who the US is at War With? Too Bad, Says Pentagon By Lauren Harper
4 September 2013 — Unredacted
The National Security Archive recently submitted an MDR request for the Pentagon’s current list of Al Qaeda associated forces. The list is significant not only in determining whom the military is targeting in its citizens’ names; it also illuminates the Pentagon’s broadening interpretation of its post-9/11 mandate at the expense of Congressional oversight.
US: The Indispensable (Bombing) Nation By Pepe Escobar
3 September 2013 — Asia Times Online
Yes We Scan. Yes We Drone. And Yes We Bomb. The White House’s propaganda blitzkrieg to sell the Tomahawking of Syria to the US Congress is already reaching pre-bombing maximum spin – gleefully reproduced by US corporate media.The Full Story on Why Obama Backed Down on Syria By: Ibrahim al-Amin
2 September 2013 — Al-Akhbar
Commentators in the West will surely declare that it was their democratic systems of government that forced US President Barack Obama to back down on attacking Syria. But the events that led up to Washington’s de-escalation suggest there were other factors at play.
Are Spy Agencies Once Again Lying … this Time to Justify War Against Syria?
2 September 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
Congressman With Top-Secret Briefing Isn’t Impressed with Syrian War Claims
Information Clearing House 2 September 2013: The CIA’s First Coup: Washington’s Long History in Syria
2 September 2013 — Information Clearing House
Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible?
By Jim Naureckas
Let’s compare a couple of accounts of the mass deaths apparently caused by chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on August 21.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36071.htm
Obama Will Launch a Huge Propaganda Blitz — and May Attack Syria Even If He Loses the Vote in Congress By Norman Solomon
1 September 2013
Grassroots pressure has forced President Obama to seek approval from Congress for an attack on Syria. But Obama is hell-bent on ordering a missile assault on that country, and he has two very important aces in the hole.
