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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/05

Obama Cites Intl Law to Justify War, Disregards When It Serves Peace
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/05

Kerry s Claims on Syrian Opposition Don t Hold Up: Experts
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/05-4

Obama Brings Mad Dash for War to G20 Summit
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/05-1

The Familiar Drumbeat of War
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/09/05

Lawless President + Lawless Congress ? Legal Use of Force in Syria
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/05-1

Obama and Putin: Time For Diplomacy on Syria
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/05-2

Will the Global Policeman Hang Up His Badge?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/05-0

Forget Red Lines: Obama Should Eat His Words on Syria
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/05-7

John Kerry Sells a War That Americans Aren t Buying
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/05-3

Ruses for War
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/09/05-4

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Obama s Syria war really about Iran and Israel

The Nation
by Bob Dreyfuss

09/05/13

The dirty little not-so-secret behind President Obama s much-lobbied-for, illegal and strategically incompetent war against Syria is that it s not about Syria at all. It s about Iran and Israel. And it has been from the start. By 'the start,' I mean 2011, when the Obama administration gradually became convinced that it could deal Iran a mortal blow by toppling President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, a secular, Baathist strongman who is, despite all, an ally of Iran s. Since then, taking Iran down a peg has been the driving force behind Obama s Syria policy. Not coincidentally, the White House plans to scare members of Congress into supporting the ill-conceived war plan by waving the Iranian flag in their faces...

http://tinyurl.com/khghtqr



The US will regret intervention in Syria

Antiwar.com
by Ivan Eland

09/04/13

U.S. intervention in Syria is a slippery slope. If initial military measures don t work, pressure will build for stronger action using the argument that American credibility is even more on the line. With a $17 trillion national debt and war fatigue from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, the American public, as shown by opinion polls, has no stomach for the deep involvement in Syria that the pundits crave...

http://tinyurl.com/mknkybn



Neocons are back, but not in the GOP

The American Conservative
by Kelley Vlahos

09/05/13

After years of what seemed to be a self-imposed dormancy, the war hawks Barack Obama repudiated as a candidate are suddenly the biggest supporters of his Syrian intervention, proving there might be a second act for the neoconservative wing of the Republican Party after all. But the new friendship comes with a catch: Obama s Republican spear points, Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, want an extended American intervention in Syria, beginning with the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

http://tinyurl.com/kobjyev



If Congress says no, can Obama strike?

The Nation
by Zoe Carpenter

09/04/13

Among the many questions the Obama Administration has been unable or unwilling to answer regarding its plans for military strikes in Syria is what happens if Congress refuses to authorize the use of force. It s a question that should be answered before, not after, a vote occurs in Congress, because it will clarify whether lawmakers are now engaged in the binding decision-making process required by the Constitution, or whether they are merely being used to lend an air of domestic legitimacy to military action that would violate international law...

http://tinyurl.com/mp92hol


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Don t attack Syria
http://tinyurl.com/kqjln29

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Lindsey s Plan for War on Iran
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/patrick-j-buchanan/lindseys-plan-for-war-on-iran/



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