"You and the rest of Congress, including the president of the United States have went against the will your people in Syria regardless of your position and vote, whether it is a yes or no is still a political smokescreen," the town hall attendee said to an irritated McCain. "I believe wholeheartedly you do not care about the will and well-being of America or its people. You lied the American people about the chemical attacks in Syria. The American people know that it was our government that is most likely responsible. There is strong evidence, including video, that these attacks were carried out by al Qaeda and you advocate starting a war, even maybe World War, by taking the same attack and blaming it on Assad."
Indeed, there are quite a few folks on the right who suddenly think this is a false flag operation, Steve reminds us:
Limbaugh's monologue is transcribed here. I also see Pam Geller banging this drum. And Pajamas Media. And, naturally, Alex Jones.
Good company, along with World Net Daily and Ron Paul...and I might add Alan Grayson on the left, too.
This is a bit of a sensitive subject, but the administration has been honest that they have no smoking gun that the attack was ordered by Assad. The evidence of his involvement is circumstantial. We’re two years into a civil war that he’s winning. The Russians and Iranians have told him not to use chemical weapons. Hezbollah has told him not to use chemical weapons because their fighters are at risk. So he’s winning, there’s scant and circumstantial evidence that he ordered the attack. Why are we gaming out his incentives when we don’t know he ordered it?
With all the valid reasons to oppose Syria (and I am still not convinced we should attack Damascus) "Driven by Obama Derangement Syndrome" is the one most likely to make me reconsider backing the President. Any group on the same side as Alex Jones and WND? No. And that brings us to these clowns:
The 'International Human Shields' movement, started by a group of activists in Britain and the US, plans to bring to Syria civilians from countries around the globe, who will try to deter US strikes on the country by staking out potential military targets.
I just can't.
Where were these human shield clowns when Assad was gassing his own people?
ReplyDeleteWe still don't know whether it was a rogue Syrian commander that used the Sarin in defiance of orders... if that happened, Assad might not want to publicly admit it had occurred for fear of being accused of ordering the strike secretly and then throwing the commander under the bus.
ReplyDeleteOne of my objections to a military strike is that violating international law to punish others for violating international law is not the way to solve this problem. I'd also like to see some hope that the military strike would actually accomplish something other than making us feel like we're "doing something."