By Glenn Greenwald
It s a potent sign of how low the American political bar is set that gratitude is expressed because a US president says he will ask Congress to vote before he starts bombing another country.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36062.htm
Obama Will Launch a Huge Propaganda Blitz, May Attack Syria Even If He Loses the Vote in Congress
By Norman Solomon
The official appeals for making war on yet another country will be ferocious.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36063.htm
Bomb Syria: The Case to Congress
By Emptywheel
Here s how the Obama Administration plans to sell this to Congress.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36057.htm
An Israeli View: Obama Shows Netanyahu That Israel is Truly Alone
By Avi Issacharoff
Obama will be perceived as one of the weakest presidents in American history.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36060.htm
Obama Has Decided That It Is Safer To Buy Congress Than To Go It Alone
By Paul Craig Roberts
The world will not be safe until the American house of cards collapses.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36069.htm
Tell Obama, Peace Not War in Syria!
Take Action Now!
Join us in telling Obama that violent intervention in Syria is not the answer to resolving the conflict.
http://is.gd/SBlNqj
The CIA s First Coup: Washington s Long History in Syria
By Ernesto J. Sanchez
Truman authorized the CIA s very first coup, which was to be led by Syrian army chief of staff General Husni al-Za'im.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36070.htm
Britain Sold Nerve Gas Chemicals to Syria 10 Months After War Began
By Russell Findlay
BRITAIN allowed firms to sell chemicals to Syria capable of being used to make nerve gas, the Sunday Mail.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36056.htm
US politicians skeptical as Obama administration puts case for Syria strike
Presented with the awkward scenario that Congress would not back Obama, Kerry stressed that the president had the power to act anyway. But Kerry said he was confident of a yes vote. 'We don t contemplate that the Congress is going to vote no,' Kerry told CNN.
http://is.gd/FOvHKs
The 5 ways that Congress is splitting on Syria
Based on our reporting and the statements issued by lawmakers in the last 24 hours, here s a general outline of how we believe lawmakers are dividing on the issue of military action in Syria.
http://is.gd/076qGX
All the Previous Declarations of War
Congress has formally declared war only 11 times in U.S. history, and authorized the use of military force 11 times. As we head into a period of vigorous congressional debate over whether to authorize the use of force against Syria, it s instructive to look back at America s history of congressional war declarations.
http://is.gd/sGG1bW
U.S. strike could kill Geneva-2 meet: Lavrov
'There are a lot of inconsistencies and absurdities in what our American, British and French partners have shown us before, as well as now. It does not convince us at all,' Mr Lavrov said on Monday.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/us-strike-could-kill-geneva2-meet-lavrov/article5086554.ece
China concerned about unilateral military action: FM spokesman
'Any action by the international community should respect the rules of the UN Charter and basic rules of international relations,' Hong said, adding that taking actions should avoid further complicating the Syria issue and avoid bringing more disaster to the Middle East.
http://is.gd/HFdvyK
From Information Clearing House
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John Kerry, Syria War Hawk
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/02-2
Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/02-3
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Why Syria?
Idaho Liberty
by Ted Dunlap
09/01/13
The 'rebellion' in Syria began to grow at the same time as the June 2011 agreement regarding the construction of a new Iran-Iraq-Syria gas pipeline with strong benefits also to Russia, China and others. This pipeline undermines a competing source of natural gas to the west involving Qatar, Turkey, Israel and benefiting Saudi Arabia and others. Hmmm. That sure looks an awful lot like the lineup on either side of this impending war...
http://www.idaholiberty.com/2013/09/01/why-syria/
A blank check for war
Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo
09/02/13
'In short, the proposed authorization is a blank check, one that could and will be used to justify a gradual escalation of the conflict into an all-out military campaign bent on regime change. This is already the announced goal of the US government: Hillary Clinton, during her tenure at the State Department, declared 'Assad must go,' and now Washington is making good on its implied threat...
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/09/01/a-blank-check-for-war/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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How Will You Deal With $10 a Gallon Gas?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/eric-peters/the-war-blueprint-for-10-a-gallon-gas%E2%80%A8/
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The Rush to Bomb Syria: Undermining International Law and Risking Wider War
http://wslfweb.org/docs/wslfsyriabrief1.pdf
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Congressional leaders endorse Obama s strike on Syria, but members are hesitating
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11643/
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