[Peace-discuss] Washington’s foreign policy elite breaks with Obama over Syrian bloodshed from The Washington Post

[Robert Naiman]

We have an alert on this:

House: Oppose Engel Bill Which Promotes Syria War & Undermines Iran Deal
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/house-oppose-engel-bill?r_by=1135580



Robert Naiman
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> This Washington Post article is a load of “propaganda”, they cite the
> Atlantic Council, which is a supporter of military intervention and war.
>
> Their portrayal of Obama as “weak” is to give the impression that we need
> more harsh military action in the world. How much harsher can we get, Obama
> has taken the Bush wars from two to eight, destroyed Libya, and now with
> the US leading the strikes, previously we kept a low profile and allowed
> our proxy’s to do the dirty work.
> With our drone killings and provocations in the S. China Sea, as well as
> Nato on the border of Russia we have never been closer to WW3 than we are
> now. Hillary was equally guilty for all of the death and destruction given
> her very involved role as Secretary of State.
>
> Philip Gordon of the "Counsel on Foreign Relations", the corporate think
> tank advisors to the White House, said only a year ago, that the wars in
> the middle east may have been a mistake, he was of course speaking of
> “strategy” that of using proxies, now he urges outright attacks by the US.
>
> Citing Madeline Albright is rather egregious given her support for the
> sanctions against Iraq, in spite of the thousands of children who died as a
> result.
>
> It’s quite clear that our attacks on Syria are a plan to remove Assad,
> whether we like him or not, he was elected by the people, and only the
> Syrian people have the right to remove him from power. Our intervention in
> Iraq allowed US contractors to make a lot of money, and we installed our
> puppet administration, a goal for Syria, also a goal for Libya at some
> point.
>
> Reference to Hillary’s goal of war with Iran on the agenda, should chill
> even the most callous of Americans.
>
>
> > On Oct 20, 2016, at 21:04, Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> >
> > http://wpo.st/uWY72
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