The noise is getting louder, don’t you hear it?
The drum beats of war.
I’ve been watching and witnessing and hearing all the reasoning and rational for a war against Syria. No, you say, this isn’t war! We’re just going to drop bombs on them for a day or two, a week TOPS. This isn’t war! We’re just going to teach them a lesson to not use chemical weapons. It will be a surgical strike, we will use pin point precision! Too bad if a few innocent civilians are blown into dust as a result, we MUST ACT! I hear the word “humanitarian” thrown around as much as I heard “mushroom cloud” over a decade ago. I hear the defenders spout their talking points.
“Those poor children! How can we do nothing about those poor children being gassed to death! If we don’t teach Syria a lesson, then Iran will grow stronger! The mullahs are listening! If we do nothing, we will be sorry, it’s going to make us look bad! How can we wimp out now? President Obama doesn’t WANT to make war, he’s being FORCED to act! It’s not HIS fault. Blame ASSAD. HE’S the boogeyman who crossed the Red Line.”
And the nerve of them to say that all will be well because we won’t have any boots on the ground, as if that is a moral justification to bomb innocent civilians. I also hear the empty apologies for Iraq, the statements that this won’t be another Iraq. We’ll make sure it isn’t. We’ve got our drone operators in their bunkers in New Mexico, they’re all ready to go, as soon as they finish their lunch.
Here we go again.
I thought we had learned our lessons from Iraq. I believed I voted (in ’08, I refused to vote for him last year) for an anti war President, who would uphold the Constitution, who would close Guantanamo, who’d defend whistleblowers, go after Wall Street corruption, fight against the surveillance state, and NEVER EVER ENGAGE IN A PREEMPTIVE WAR. I mean, seriously, the guy is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, for Christ’s sake.
Anyone else feeling buyers remorse?
To all those preaching the USA’s moral right to defend all things good and holy, that defend the bombing of Syria as an act of humanitarianism, who claim that we cannot allow Syria to get away with the usage of chemical weapons, let me help you with some well known information that should help you see through the lies, like offering a pair of big boots to help you wade through the endless river of bullshit they’re throwing at your feet.
Hmmm....shall we start with the most obvious fact? America used CHEMICAL WEAPONS in VIETNAM.
WHAT?! you gasp in feigned shock.
What do you think Agent Orange is? Or Napalm? Oh, never mind me trying to explain it all to you. Just take a look at this.
http://www.policymic.com/...
Want to tell me again how the United States of America has the legal and moral authority to bomb Syria again because of the use of chemical weapons?
Didn’t think so.
While the wool has been pulled over our own eyes as to our own moral authority, let’s not forget that in the rest of the world, we have a less than stellar reputation as defenders of freedom and democracy and justice. Americans tend to have short attention spans and limited memories when it comes to the atrocities that have been committed in our name. The War on Iraq was seen by the rest of the world for what it really was, an aggressive act of terror against a population that had done nothing wrong. So too was the War on Vietnam. Yes, I’m using War ON instead of IN, because Wars are committed ON countries, not just IN them. The destruction of people, land, property, communities, landmarks, historic institutions, are all included when we drop bombs indiscriminately ON an innocent population. We’ve created terror, havoc, chaos, and left those who survived with the chemical filth that will affect the people there for generations by causing disease, cancers, and birth defects. How about the fact that we make regular drone strikes in the Middle East? For every 1 terrorist that is killed, 50 innocent people are killed. http://www.policymic.com/... Hundreds of innocent civilians are blown to bits from American drone strikes on countries we are not at "war" with, yet, somehow, we are the moral defenders of justice. Open your eyes and read through the lies, please.
Dropping bombs on Syria will not bring about peace. It will not help the people of that country. It will not help establish some kind of forward thinking that will teach Assad a lesson. We have heard the administration say they have proof that Assad is the one who did this heinous act. What if it’s wrong? There are plenty of reasons for others to make a chemical weapons attack and blame Assad.
Let us not forget the words of Gen. Wesley Clark:
http://www.youtube.com/...
There are other forces at play here, folks. They try to lay out a black and white argument of good (US) vs. evil (Assad) but it’s not that simple. Behind the scenes are power players who deal in death and destruction like a child’s board game, putting lives in the crosshairs for the simple reason that there’s money to be made. I wish it were that simple. I wish that I could turn on my television and listen to the men and women who are in the positions of power in our government to do the right thing, that they were speaking the truth to us, and that all those talking heads were really engaged in honest debate on what should be done. I’ve read enough and witnessed enough history and learned from those who really do speak truth to power that there’s very little truth being spoken on Capital Hill, in those hearing rooms, or in those news rooms. I’m not saying all, there are the few and far between who do speak truth. But their voices are few, and as we continue our march to war again, it’s their voices that we need to be listening to the most, yet their voices that are the hardest to hear when our ears are already filled with the drumming of the war machine.
Syria is well armed, and they have threatened retaliation if attacked. Iran has openly come out against any use of chemical weapons, having suffered the loss of thousands and thousands during the Iran/Iraq war (chemical weapons that the US supplied to Saddam Hussein, I might add). They are allies with Syria, and they understand full well the implications of American bombs dropping on Syria. They have already stated that they will come to Syria’s defense. To them, America dropping bombs on their ally is a an act of naked aggression, having witnessed what America did to Iraq for a decade. Anyone remember Abu Ghraib? Is the American memory bank so dysfunctional and broken that we have forgotten the atrocities that our SOLDIERS committed in those torture chambers, the photos that revealed to the Middle East what the US was doing to human beings guilty of no crime? Russia has also warned against War on Syria, but no one is talking about THAT fact, as they continue to defend their humanitarian rhetoric. Right now, Russia is sending their war ships into the area. http://news.yahoo.com/... To them, America dropping bombs on Syria is seen as an act of AGGRESSION, and somehow, Americans can’t seem to wrap their heads around what this makes the US look like. Another item that is not getting much discussion is Prince Bandar. Rumors have been floating around that he has been behind the chemical weapons attack, and he is known to want to see the Assad regime toppled for his own reasons.
Here’s this:
http://charlesbivona.com/...
I don’t know what the solution is, I don’t have the answer for what’s happening in Syria. Let’s face it, there are many other areas in the world that are experiencing tragedies full of violence on innocent populations. Just take a look at what’s been happening in Africa for years, yet we do nothing to help those people. Considering the “help” we gave to the Iraqi people, they are better off without American intervention.
Don’t think for a moment the military industrial complex isn’t sitting on the sidelines rubbing their greedy hands together waiting to get their hands on Syria. It’s been in the playbook for years. To have those who took us into that tragic misadventure in Iraq going on the news shows trying to push Obama to bomb Syria should be all the proof you need to see they are doing the same thing they did in Iraq.
Don’t believe the lies.