All wars are based on lies. Claims about Syrian forces using chemical weapons are false. They\u2019re malicious.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re bald-faced lies. They\u2019re repeated anyway. John Kerry wrongfully accused Syria of using chemical weapons.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s \u201cundeniable,\u201d he claimed. It\u2019s \u201ca moral obscenity.\u201d He\u2019ll provide evidence, he said. He has none. It\u2019s invented. Don\u2019t expect him to explain.<\/p>\n
Vice president Biden lied, saying:<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons, the Syrian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChemical weapons have been used. Everyone acknowledges their use.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one doubts that innocent men, women and children have been the victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know the Syrian regime is the only ones who have the weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve used chemical weapons multiple times in the past, they have the means to deliver those weapons, and they\u2019re determined to wipe out the places attacked by the chemical weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assad \u201cmust be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n
No evidence suggests Syrian forces used chemical weapons any time throughout months of conflict. Plenty points fingers the right way.<\/p>\n
Insurgents used them multiple times. They\u2019ve been caught red-handed. They\u2019re responsible for last Wednesday\u2019s Ghouta incident.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t expect Obama officials to explain. Doing it compromises their regime change plans. They\u2019re longstanding. They haven\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n
August 28 marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King\u2019s \u201cI have a Dream\u201d speech. It\u2019s getting widespread media coverage.<\/p>\n
His April 4, 1967 \u201cBeyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence<\/a>\u201d address is ignored. It was delivered one year to the day before his state-sponsored assassination.<\/p>\n He called America \u201cthe greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.\u201d It\u2019s \u201con the wrong side of a world revolution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence, or violent co-annihilation.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe must move past indecision to action. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.\u201d<\/p>\n Silence is \u201cbetrayal.\u201d He called war in Vietnam \u201can enemy of the poor.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c(I)t should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life (in) America today can ignore the present war. If America\u2019s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis madness must cease\u2026.We must stop now\u2026.We must continue to raise our voices if our nation persists in its perverse ways in Vietnam.\u201d<\/p>\n He called for a \u201crevolution of values, (including) declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.\u201d<\/p>\n He ended quoting James Russell Lowell (1819 \u2014 1891), saying:<\/p>\n \u201cOnce to every man and nation<\/p>\n Comes the moment to decide,<\/p>\n In the strife of truth and falsehood,<\/p>\n For the good or evil side\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n That time is now, said King. His dream\u2019s still unfulfilled 46 years later. Things are worse now than ever.<\/p>\n It bears repeating what previous articles stressed. We\u2019re living through the most perilous time in world history. America bears full responsibility.<\/p>\n King would be appalled. He\u2019d be vocal. He\u2019d denounce plans for more war. \u201c(N)o one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America\u201d can support militarism and violence, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cA nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGod didn\u2019t call America to\u201d wage war. We\u2019re \u201ccriminals,\u201d said King.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I\u2019m going to continue to say it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur only hope (depends on) declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.\u201d<\/p>\n He condemned America as the world\u2019s most villainous nation. It\u2019s agenda is diabolical. It\u2019s on the cusp of again proving it.<\/p>\n On August 28,\u00a0AP headlined<\/a>\u00a0\u201dMomentum grows for military action against Syria,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n Washington and France said \u201cthey are in a position for a strike, while the (Syrian government) vowed to use all possible measures to repel it.\u201d<\/p>\n At the same time, a \u201cgrowing chorus of Republican and Democratic lawmakers (demand) Obama seek congressional authorization for any strikes against the Assad regime.\u201d<\/p>\n Charles Heyman\u2019s a former British officer. He edits The Armed Forces of the UK. He said attacking Syria without Security Council authorization greatly complicates matters.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s clear the governments want some form of military operation, but if the Security Council doesn\u2019t recommend it, then the consensus is that it\u2019s plainly illegal under international law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only legal way to go to war is in self-defense and that claim is difficult to make.\u201d<\/p>\n At the same time, Heyman predicts a possible three-phase campaign:<\/p>\n He called successfully accomplishing all three phases \u201ckey to long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said Rome won\u2019t back military action without SC authorization.<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Berlin supports taking action.<\/p>\n Arab League members met in emergency session. On the one hand, they urged overcoming differences and agreeing on \u201cdeterrent\u201d measures, saying:<\/p>\n \u201cThe council holds the Syrian regime totally responsible for this heinous crime and calls for all involved in the despicable crime to be given a fair international trial like other war criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n On the other, The\u00a0New York Times<\/a>\u00a0said it opposes a retaliatory strike. Members are deeply divided.<\/p>\n \u201cThe vast majority of Arabs are emotionally opposed to any Western military action in the region no matter how humanitarian the cause,\u201d said The Times.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the region, only Turkey has pledged to support intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n On Monday,\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u00a0urged \u201cdeterrent\u201d action. A statement said:<\/p>\n It \u201curges the international community represented by the UN Security Council to take up its responsibilities towards the tragedies and terrible massacres committed by the (Syrian) regime against its people using arms that include internationally banned chemical weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n A weekly cabinet meeting warned against \u201clack of a clear and firm decision that puts an end to these heinous massacres.\u201d<\/p>\n On August 27,\u00a0DefenseOne.com<\/a>\u00a0headlined \u201cUS No Longer Seeking UN, NATO Permission to Strike Syria,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n Washington\u2019s \u201cbuilding a rapid coalition consisting of the United Kingdom, France and several Arab states.\u201d<\/p>\n An unnamed US official told Defense One:<\/p>\n \u201cIf action is taken, it probably won\u2019t be pursued through the UN or NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThese aren\u2019t the only ways to undertake such action, and any response would be conducted pursuant to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n False! Only Security Council members can authorize military action. Only Congress can declare war. Constitutional law prohibits presidents from doing it unilaterally.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t stop them. December 8, 1941 was the last time Congress declared war. It did so on Japan. Other wars thereafter were illegal.<\/p>\n Truman, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, GHW Bush, Clinton, GW Bush and Obama acted extrajudicially.<\/p>\n Obama\u2019s readying to do it again. He\u2019s a war criminal multiple times over. He remains unaccountable. He plans more war based on lies.<\/p>\n He\u2019s ravaging one country after another. He wants Iran targeted and destroyed. He\u2019s incorrigible. He\u2019s lawless. He\u2019s out-of-control.<\/p>\n Impeaching him is a national imperative. He threatens to embroil the entire region. He menaces humanity. He risks WW III.<\/p>\n UN inspectors were scheduled to remain until Sunday. According to spokeswoman Alessandra Vellucci, more time may be needed.<\/p>\n White House spokesman Jay Carney lied, saying:<\/p>\n \u201cSuggestions that there\u2019s any doubt about who\u2019s responsible for this are as preposterous as a suggestion that the attack did not occur.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have established with a high degree of confidence that the Syria regime has used chemical weapons already in this conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have made clear that it is our firm assessment that the Syrian regime has maintained control of the stockpile of chemical weapons in Syria throughout this conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt is also the case that the Syrian regime has the rocket capacity to deliver the chemical weapons as they were delivered with repugnant results on August 21st outside of Damascus.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that response options are being considered. Other reports said tactics already were chosen. Obama signed off on them.<\/p>\n Cruise missile attacks may begin as early as Thursday. They\u2019ll last around two or three days. Sites are chosen. They include command and control and other military related targets.<\/p>\n British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled parliament. The world can\u2019t \u201cstand idly by,\u201d he said. He called military action \u201clegal, proportionate and specific.\u201d He lied saying so.<\/p>\n He said acting prevents further chemical attacks. He lied again. According to London\u2019s\u00a0Telegraph<\/a>:<\/p>\n He \u201cmade his case for military intervention against a backdrop of widespread public skepticism about the use of British military force in yet another foreign conflict, in the wake of those in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Cameron:<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we have seen in Syria are appalling scenes of death and suffering because of the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, and I don\u2019t believe we can let that stand.\u201d<\/p>\n Foreign Minister William Hague lied claiming failure to act harms Britain\u2019s security. He didn\u2019t explain how.<\/p>\n Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said \u201cidly (standing by) set(s) a very dangerous precedent indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n Senior Tories hope Labor MPs will back Cameron. Parliament will vote later this week. It won\u2019t matter. Obama decided. So did Cameron. France is on board. So is Turkey.<\/p>\n According to the Telegraph, \u201cplanned intervention is understood to involve a weekend offensive.\u201d It may begin Friday.<\/p>\n At the same time, Cameron \u201cretain(s) the right to act swiftly without the need to consult Parliament if circumstances required an urgent decision to approve the use of military force sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n In other words, he already decided to act. Parliamentary debate won\u2019t determine policy.<\/p>\n Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby warned against a \u201crush to judgment.\u201d It could have \u201cunforeseeable ramifications across the whole Arab and Muslim world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of Britain\u2019s most senior military figures, including Gen. Sir David Richards, a former chief of the defence staff, and Lord Dannatt, a former head of the Army, warned against taking action,\u201d said the Telegraph.<\/p>\n According to Richards:<\/p>\n \u201cThe scale of involvement to make a decisive difference in Syria would be so huge that it is something that we, at the moment, cannot sensibly contemplate.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell said:<\/p>\n \u201cWe have recent experience of that in relation to the declaration of war against Saddam Hussein. Look at the way that turned out.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMPs expressed concern that intervening in Syria could result in a repeat of Britain\u2019s involvement in Iraq,\u201d added the Telegraph.<\/p>\n Labor party leader Edward Miliband remains unconvinced about military action. He\u2019ll support it only if it\u2019s legal and limited.<\/p>\n British sources said Washington plans strikes by Friday or Saturday. They\u2019ll last two or three days.<\/p>\n On August 28, London\u2019s\u00a0Guardian<\/a>\u00a0featured a spurious propaganda piece. It headlined \u201cIsraeli intelligence \u2018intercepted Syrian regime talk about chemical attack.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n It cites the IDF\u2019s 8200 unit. It specializes in electronic surveillance. An unnamed Mossad official claimed Syrian officials discussed using chemical weapons.<\/p>\n According to the Guardian:<\/p>\n \u201cThe bulk of evidence proving the Assad regime\u2019s deployment of chemical weapons \u2014 which would provide legal grounds essential to justify any western military action \u2014 has been provided by Israeli military intelligence, the German magazine Focus has reported.\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s lacking is credibility. According to Mossad-connected DEBKAfile (DF), \u201cAssad may hit back at Israel for US strike, trusting Obama to tie Israel\u2019s hands against major reprisal.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAt least not in the initial stage,\u201d it added. Israeli strategists believe Assad will retaliate against Jordan.<\/p>\n Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem stressed friendly ties to the Hashmite kingdom, saying:<\/p>\n \u201cWe have no thought of acting against Jordan.\u201d He advised Amman not to believe otherwise.<\/p>\n He urged it not to sacrifice longstanding friendly relations. He knows it\u2019s involved in Washington\u2019s war.<\/p>\n DF said Saudi Arabia placed its Tabuk air base F-15 squadrons on alert. French Rafale bombers are based there.<\/p>\n Obama\u2019s limited action may exceed what\u2019s planned. According to DF, US and Israeli leaders \u201care keeping this prospect under their hats to avoid public panic.\u201d<\/p>\n On August 28, the\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/a>headlined \u201cUS, Allies Prepare to Act as Syria Intelligence Mounts,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n US official claim \u201ca flood of previously undisclosed intelligence, including satellite images and intercepted communications, erased any last administration doubts that the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons against its own people.\u201d<\/p>\n They lied saying so.<\/p>\n On August 28,\u00a0Itar Tass<\/a>\u00a0headlined \u201cRussia denies claims that Syrian government is to blame for chemical weapons use,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchanged views. Moscow denies US claims.<\/p>\n Lavrov presented Russia\u2019s side. \u201cHe called for a meaningful and profound exchange of expert information on cases of chemical weapons use in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n He won\u2019t get what he wants. The die is cast. Obama plans more aggressive war.<\/p>\n He\u2019s doing it based on lies. It\u2019s imminent. It could start any time.<\/p>\n Stephen Lendman<\/strong> lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n His new book is titled \u201cBanker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanII.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/em><\/p>\n It airs Fridays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.progressiveradionetwork.com\/the-progressive-news-hour\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.dailycensored.com\/obamas-war-syria-based-lies\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n
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