Comments on Advance Indiana™: A Primer On Why The U.S. Is Staging A War With Syria: The End Game Is Iran

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wedne...

2013-09-05T17:24:41.428-05:00

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to approve a resolution authorizing U.S. military action against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Who voted yes?: Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) (by proxy — was absent due to the Jewish holiday), Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Ranking member Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Who voted no?: Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

I sent an E-Mail today to Susan Brooks basically saying No to War with Syria.

The Times of Israel reports in a major article tha...

2013-09-05T12:24:15.494-05:00

The Times of Israel reports in a major article that Israeli intelligence is the major factor behind the alleged use of 'chemical weapons' in Syria, AND that there is already a senior 'military team' in Washington DC 'advising' the government on this matter.

When I called Andre's Indianapolis office yest...

2013-09-05T09:42:28.255-05:00

When I called Andre's Indianapolis office yesterday to express my opposition to him voting YES to this war, all the staff person who answered the phone wanted to know was my home address. I did ask her about the responses he was receiving, and she did say that many were contacting Carson's office, both pro and con. Like Patrick Buchanan reportedly stated (according to the St. Louis Dispatch} in 1990:

"Congress has become a 'Parliament of Whores' unable to stand up for U.S. interests if AIPAC is on the other end of the line."

On 9/4/13, Max Blumenthal also wisely reported on, posted at BlackListedNews:

"How Israel is Driving the US to War in Syria."

The AlterNet introduction is:

"The threat of a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran if the US does not act on Syria is slowly seeping into American media."