[Peace-discuss] 8pm CDT tonight- The Many Wars of Syria - conf. call with Phyllis Bennis

Wed Sep 14 15:19:50 UTC 2016

PDA conference call on Syria, with Phyllis Bennis -- tonight (Wed 9/14)
at 8pm Central time.

e.g.

    "What would diplomacy look like in such a complex set of wars? What
    are solutions that the US Peace Movement could be pushing?  For one,
    we should be extending the good efforts against arms sales to Saudi
    Arabia -- always promoting the goal of a Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction
    Free Zone in the Middle East (and why stop there?)."

Details below.

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Date: 	Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:54:25 +0000
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    Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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Let's start out the fall with a new commitment to follow more closely
the carnage in Syria.  Is it a civil war?  Is it a proxy war between the
nuclear powers ?  Is it also a proxy war between Middle Eastern
governments?  Can ISIS be reined in? Should Assad go?  Or stay?  What is
the USA doing as an actor in the situation?  We as anti-war activists
should be constantly questioning that.  What about congressional moves
to demand a new AUMF?  Is that wise?

Syria2.jpg

What would diplomacy look like in such a complex set of wars? What are
solutions that the US Peace Movement could be pushing?  For one, we
should be extending the good efforts against arms sales to Saudi Arabia
-- always promoting the goal of a Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction Free Zone
in the Middle East (and why stop there?).

We in the Peace Movement have a deep belief that the American invasion
of Iraq started this whole change of events.  Syrian Immigrants (as well
as those from North Africa) are changing the population map of both the
Middle East and Europe.  Why is the US taking in so few of those who are
fleeing?  What is our responsibility as advocates for peace to those who
flee from war and violence?

What do the American people know of all this?  Once again our mass media
has let us all down.  What kind of educational campaign can we launch to
quicken the sensibilities of the good folk of the United States? 

What about the belief in America as a moral force in the world?  So many
opportunities for America to shine get lost as our treasure goes to
"solving" problems with military might.  Instead of the greed and
corruption fomented by corporations -- particularly in the
military-industrial area -- American ingenuity and trillion dollar
investment  could dig in with creative answers to climate change.  We
could lead the world in public education that serves every child in our
very diverse democracy. The biggest challenge of all is to address the
burgeoning gaps between rich and poor both in this country and across
the globe because until that changes, perpetual wars continue. Let's
keep dreaming of a peaceful world and acting to make it so.

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PhyllisBennis.jpgPhyllis Bennis is a Fellow of the Institute for Policy
Studies, where she directs the New Internationalism project working to
change US policy in the broader Middle East. She was a co-founder of
both the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace
and Justice coalitions, and continues work with both the US and global
anti-war movements. Her most recent books include */Understanding the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict/*, and */Understanding ISIS & the New
Global War on Terror: A Primer/*.

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