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

Karen Aram karenaram at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 21 14:02:41 UTC 2016


My apologies to all, this was my rough draft, I thought minimized.
> On Oct 21, 2016, at 06:16, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> This Washington Post article is a load of “propaganda”, they cite the Atlantic Council, which is a supporter of military intervention and war.
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> 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. 
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> 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. 
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> 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. 
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> 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.
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> Reference to Hillary’s goal of war with Iran on the agenda, should chill even the most callous of Americans.
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>> On Oct 20, 2016, at 21:04, Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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>> http://wpo.st/uWY72
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