Wednesday, August 28, 2013

I Wish Rand Paul Had Said This...

"Chemical waeapons in Syria, who cares?" instead of this.

But at least Daniel McAdams gets it correct.
 It does not matter whether or not Obama gets Congressional approval for the strike. It does not matter whether 50 percent plus one in Congress vote in favor of an attack on Syria. It does not matter whether some form of chemical weapons were used in the war in Syria. It does not matter who used them if they were indeed used. it does not matter whether the Saudis are demanding that we overthrow Assad. It does not matter whether the Turks are demanding we overthrow Assad. It does not matter whether the Israelis demand that we overthrow Assad.

What matters is that there is no grounds for the US to make war on Syria. It has not attacked us; it does not threaten us. On the contrary, by arming and training the jihadist rebels fighting against the Syria government, it is the US that is threatening Syria. It is the US that is the aggressor. It is the US government that through its actions opens the US to all manner of retaliation in response to its initiation of aggression in Syria and elsewhere.

A debate on weapons or a vote in Congress or the mad ravings of the neocons and humantiarian imperlalists means precisely nothing in light of this simple truth.

2 comments:

  1. McAdams speaks the truth! A thousand "Amens" to this!

    Dale Fitz

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  2. There are grounds for US to attack Syria. Syria used chemical weapons. The US is already open to "all manner of retaliation" simply because US troops were based in Saudi Arabia during GW1 20 years ago.

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