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They want to launch airstrikes on Syria based on PRELIMINARY reports by the ever-so-accurate intelligence agencies...
Deja-vu...
Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst with an interesting take on what's going on. His comments on the Fox video -
"The farce that Assad’s Syria launched a chemical weapon/nerve agent attack on Jihadi rebels/children in Syria would be laughable if not for the persistent attempt of many in the punditry class in the United States and overseas to use this as a pretext to unleash military action against the Syrian Army. This is nothing short of a goddamn lie. And shame on Obama for even treating it with a modicum of seriousness. What is transpiring now is akin to the lies unleashed by the Bush Administration to invade Iraq in March of 2003. Let’s simply look at the video evidence:
Note–NOT A SINGLE PERSON INSPECTING THE SCENE IS WEARING PROTECTIVE SUITS OR MASKS. YET, THEY ARE HANDLING ITEMS AND BODIES AND SHOWING NO ILL EFFECTS. If there had been Sarin or Mustard Gas, the folks inspecting the site would need to wear protective clothing and be able to disinfect themselves. Zero evidence of that."
umm no there wasn't. There were no WMD's. There was no yellow cake, it was a ruse to get a war in Iraq.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998.
WW1....Woodrow Wilson (D) 117,000 dead Americans
WW2....fdr (D) 450,000 dead Americans
Korea....Truman (D) 36,000 dead Americans
Vietnam....jfk/lbj (D's) 58,000 dead Americans (and then the lefties spat upon our brave men upon return!)
You are aware that Japan attacked us and that on December 11th, 1941, Hitler declared war on the USA?
And lots of "lefties" fought and died in Vietnam. My father is a "lefty" (whatever the eff that is) and is a veteran of Vietnam.
umm no there wasn't. There were no WMD's. There was no yellow cake, it was a ruse to get a war in Iraq.
Okay. Following that logic then, what's different now? You can't see that Obama or other powers that be in DC are using the ruse of a gas attack to further involve us in Syria? You really want to get involved in that mess, especially when Putin is drawing his own line in the sand?
Obama is a weak, feckless man and I get the sense he's letting the US be dragged into that mess. Hate GWB all you want, but he could be a warrior when he had to. Obama, not so much.
Okay. Following that logic then, what's different now? You can't see that Obama or other powers that be in DC are using the ruse of a gas attack to further involve us in Syria? You really want to get involved in that mess, especially when Putin is drawing his own line in the sand?
Obama is a weak, feckless man and I get the sense he's letting the US be dragged into that mess. Hate GWB all you want, but he could be a warrior when he had to. Obama, not so much.
I think both of them suck in some respects. But please show us how Bush was a warrior.
umm no there wasn't. There were no WMD's. There was no yellow cake, it was a ruse to get a war in Iraq.
Well we're doing the same with Syria.
While the UN says they can't tell which side is using the chemical weapons, the US is saying they have proof.
How does the US have proof when we're not supposed to be in the country ?
We have so much proof that we've moved warships in place and are just waiting for the UN to let us invade.
Now, let's see how many Americans died in all of the GOP-initiated wars and compare these numbers with those for the Dem-initiated wars.
That would be the Civil War under Lincoln.
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