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Killing civilians to protect civilians in Syria : Comments
By Marjorie Cohn and Jeanne Mirrer, published 30/8/2013The drums of war are beating again. The Obama administration will reportedly launch a military strike to punish Syria's Assad government for its alleged use of chemical weapons.
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Posted by David G, Saturday, 31 August 2013 2:17:31 PM
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I suspect LEGO and Loudmouth are Trolls.
Obama has been dragging his feet on a Syrian attack but now seems pressured enough to do it. I think Britian pulled out because Putin threatened to attack Saudi Arabia if Syria is attacked. The real push comes from Israel and the Rothschild financial empire. Posted by Arjay, Saturday, 31 August 2013 4:36:06 PM
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Arjay, people like you and me and Geoff and the Emperor, etc, have a constant fight to get our message across on OLO because of the trolls and the intellectually-compromised who think habit is thinking.
Fortunately, there are some excellent people on this forum. They make up for the time-wasters! Posted by David G, Saturday, 31 August 2013 5:11:30 PM
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DavidG, Notice how Rudd and Carr are rattling the war drums against Syria and Abbott today down played our role. While I don't trust Abbott either, perhaps they are the lesser of two evils.
Posted by Arjay, Saturday, 31 August 2013 5:50:53 PM
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Arjay, David G, Emperor you might be interested in what the 'Eminent' Paul Craig Roberts has just posted at his highly informative web-site (http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ ), here is a quick pick of his latest post:
"A foolish President Obama and moronic Secretary of State Kerry have handed the United States government its worst diplomatic defeat in history and destroyed the credibility of the Office of the President, the Department of State, and the entire executive branch. All are exposed as a collection of third-rate liars. Intoxicated with hubris from past successful lies and deceptions used to destroy Iraq and Libya, Obama thought the US “superpower,” the “exceptional” and “indispensable” country, could pull it off again, this time in Syria. But the rest of the world has learned to avoid Washington’s rush to war when there is no evidence. A foolish Obama was pushed far out on the limb by an incompetent and untrustworthy National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, and the pack of neoconservatives that support her, and the British Parliament cut the limb off. What kind of fool would put himself in that vulnerable position? Now Obama stands alone, isolated, trying to back away from his threat to attack without authorization from anyone--not from the UN, not from NATO, not from Congress who he ignored--a sovereign country. Under the Nuremberg Standard military aggression is a war crime. Washington has until now got away with its war crimes by cloaking them in UN or NATO approval. Despite these “approvals,” they remain war crimes." Pretty much sums it up doesn't it? Posted by Geoff of Perth, Saturday, 31 August 2013 7:41:29 PM
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Thanks Geoff for the tip-off. I saw that item on ICH this morning and wrote a post about it on my blog. Have a look at it if you have time:
http://www.dangerouscreation.com Posted by David G, Saturday, 31 August 2013 7:58:16 PM
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You claimed that "...and it is the left wingers like yourself who are demanding that the US should go to war"
Where did I say that? I am fiercely anti-war and I especially deplore American imperial warmongering.
Get your facts right or don't bother writing ridiculous, mendacious comments!