Perhaps
the answer is that his transformation from anti-war politician to neo-con
bombardier is almost complete even if Mr. Rumsfeld has doubts.
Apparently,
whatever Israel wants, Israel gets. And now that Hillary is for it, the
anti-war liberals are leaving the field to the Tea Party conservatives to lead
the anti-war movement, The Black Caucus has been told keep their mouths shut
although oldtimers are speaking up.
Foreign
Policy Magazine, hardly a radical magazine, is warning of a "bait and switch
"operation, " It authorizes the president to use
"the Armed Forces of the United States," including boots on the
ground, and to employ military force "within, to or from Syria." What
is more, the president can act to deter the "use or proliferation" of
"chemical or other weapons of mass destruction" and intervene to
"protect the United States and its allies and partners against the threat
posed by such weapons." This is nothing less than an open-ended
endorsement of military intervention in the Middle East and beyond."
And that's how a consensus for war is forged, by saying one thing and doing another, with most of the media asleep at the switch as usual, while many of us forget that that word consensus begins with the prefix CON--as if we are not being conned again.
Already
this weekend, there was an alleged "unconfirmed" chemical warfare incident reported in
Syria. How very surprising! How many more will be reported or invented over the
weekend to build the case that so far Obama has been very unsuccessful in
making.
To
no one's surprise, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has released formerly
classified videos, even as most of the Iraq vets in Congress announced they are
against military action.
12
former US military intelligence professionals from Veteran Intelligence
Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) have written to the President:
"We regret to inform you that some of our former co-workers are telling us, categorically, that contrary to the claims of your administration, the most reliable intelligence shows that Bashar al-Assad was NOT responsible for the chemical incident that killed and injured Syrian civilians on August 21, and that British intelligence officials also know this."
Clearly the proof of Assad's responsibility has yet to be proven but that hasn't stopped the lobbies that are out in force: political operatives from the White House, AIPAC, think-tank "scholars who are really defacto soldiers and media alarmists all doing their part in pumping up the fear.
Remember
how close the vote was for Gulf War 1 with Al Gore among those leading the
charge?
The war machine is now up and running here so they can get the go ahead to dump ordinance there.
This is not just about Assad but about oil and pipelines and banking. You wouldn't know that by our media coverage but some of these other issues are being explored elsewhere while what was once spoken of a "limited operation"--i.e. "one and done"--is now morphing into something much more destructive with new targets already chosen and predictions of imminent disaster in the mouths of humanitarian workers who are desperately trying to help some two million people displaced by war and arguing that more war never brings peace or help to the people who need it. What do we expect to achieve.
Those that say don't know, and those that
know don't say.
On
the economic front, the deception is also well advanced as well with reports
that the job figures out today were positive but not according to global
economic intersect: The August 2013 BLS jobs report
was below expectations, and even our analysis of the unadjusted data was
disappointing. The trend lines are flat to mildly declining. The unadjusted
growth this month is the worst in 3 years. "
They
also report a flash crash: "Talk about blatant
market manipulating, today is an excellent example of how the powers to be can
move markets at will. Today's averages started out at point A, flash crashed to
point B and have since moved back to point A as volume sinks to abysmal levels.
What a joke, unfortunately the joke is on the little guy and the
sheeples who were talked into this casino house of cards while the bankers are
laughing."
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