SYRIA AND THE HYPOCRISY OF COLONIALISM .. “U.S. prepares for possible retaliatory strike against Syria,” announces a Los Angeles Times headline, even though Syria has not attacked the United States or any of its occupied territories or imperial forces and has no intention to do so. Quoth the article: “the president made no decisions, but the high-level talks came as the Pentagon acknowledged it was moving U.S. forces into position in the region.” Forgive me, but who the SNAFU made that decision? Does the commander in chief have any say in this? Does he get to make speeches explaining how wrong it would be to attack Syria, meet with top military officials who leave the meeting to prepare for attacks on Syria, and go down in history as having been uninvolved in, if not opposed to, his own policies? Threatening to attack Syria, and moving ships into position to do it, are significant, and illegal, and immoral actions. The president can claim not to have decided to push the button, but he can’t pretend that all the preparations to do so just happen like the weather. Or he couldn’t if newspapers reported news. (Yes, illegal. Read the U.N. Charter:
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:15:24 +0000
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