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Limited Military Action in Syria: Presidential Weekly Address

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In his weekly address, Obama continues to call for limited military action in Syria

He says that he has laid out the case before the world that there needs to be something done to hold the Assad regime accountable for using chemical weapons.

However, the world has begun to lay out their case that he could have all his facts wrong. Russia, among others, has repeatedly said that it was the rebels that carried out the attack. Even the rebels have come out and admitted that they did it.

But that isn’t enough for Obama and his agenda.

Watch the address below:

Even Syrians say to stay away by forming human shields

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Obama asked Congress to support using military action against Syria and after the hearings they agreed.

Washington’s phones were flooded with calls coming in from people wanting to stay out of Syria. Well, it seems they aren’t alone! Even the Syrians don’t want the US to attack.

They have begun to form human shields around suspected targets. Take a look at some of the pictures below:

Still from RT video

Still from RT video

Still from RT video

If pictures just aren’t enough for you, watch the video:

 

Russia releases key findings on chemical attack in Syria

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People injured in what the government said was a chemical weapons attack, breathe through oxygen masks as they are treated at a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo March 19, 2013 (Reuters / George Ourfalian)

Russia has released a 100-page report that they have handed over to the UN detailing key findings on the chemical attack in Syria.

Their experts indicated that the attack did carry the deadly nerve agent known as sarin and that it was most likely fired by the rebels.

So, what are the key points to their findings? Take a look:

• the shell used in the incident “does not belong to the standard ammunition of the Syrian army and was crudely according to type and parameters of the rocket-propelled unguided missiles manufactured in the north of Syria by the so-called Bashair al-Nasr brigade”;

• RDX, which is also known as hexogen or cyclonite, was used as the bursting charge for the shell, and it is “not used in standard chemical munitions”;

• soil and shell samples contain “the non-industrially synthesized nerve agent sarin and diisopropylfluorophosphate,” which was “used by Western states for producing chemical weapons during World War II.” via RT News

But where, if in fact the rebels did this, did they get their weapons? Was it from Saddam all those years ago when Bush said Iraq had WMD’s? There were reports that he sent them to Syria before anyone got there to look. Or, were they given by the Obama administration in their alleged weapon running scheme that unraveled during Benghazi?

Rand Slams Kerry on his willingness to intervene in Syria

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John Kerry Vietnam

Appearing on Meet The Press on Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed Secretary of State John Kerry on his willingness to intervene militarily in Syria by twisting his most famous words against him.

“I would ask John Kerry, How can you ask a man to be the first one to die for a mistake?” Paul said, in reference to Kerry’s famous words against the Vietnam War to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971.

Kerry, as a part of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, famously said then in calling for an end to the Vietnam War, “How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”

Kerry served in Vietnam but was subsequently accused of distorting the conduct of American soldiers in Vietnam and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth famously cast doubt on whether Kerry deserved the medals he received for serving in Vietnam.

Paul said he did not believe American interests were involved in either side of the Syrian war.

via Breitbart

Obama’s 2014 calculation: Let’s have a war

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President Obama delivers remarks about the ongoing situation in Syria
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The first rule for President Obama: It’s all about 2014. The second rule for President Obama: See Rule No. 1.

Make no mistake: The president couldn’t care less about the plight of Syrians, the 1,500 gassed to death — including nearly 500 children. It’s all about 2014. Win the House, reign supreme.

Consider this: Mr. Obama made his dramatic Rose Garden statement Saturday — then headed to the golf course. Congress has no plans to cut short its 30-day vacation, and the president did not call lawmakers back. So much for urgency.

Keep in mind: This president knows no way to campaign other than to blame others. He’ll batter Republicans for all of 2014 as obstructionists should they be the reason the effort fails.

But the bloviating politicos are also wrong that the “Republican-controlled House” could reject the plan for partisan reasons. It is Democrats who seem most squeamish — and they were the most vocal in demanding their say before intervention in Syria. Remember, two years ago, as the president prepared to bomb Libya, 70 Democrats joined Republicans in voting against military operations. Mr. Obama bombed anyway.

Whatever happens, this much is clear: We’re no longer talking about the IRS targeting tea party groups, the Justice Department tapping reporters’ phone lines, the NSA’s surveillance programs, Benghazi. The president has smartly changed the subject to the most important decision a commander in chief makes: war.

And the most presidential. That, he knows, will play better in the midterm elections, whichever way Congress votes.

Read more at: Washington Times

‘Utter Nonsense’: Russia’s Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims

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Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting on the development of civil shipbuilding in Russia’s fareastern port of Vladivostok, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Putin visits the Russian Far East where the worst flooding in 120 years has already forced about 20,000 people from their homes. (AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons near Damascus.

Mr Putin said it would be “utter nonsense” for Syria’s government to provoke opponents with such attacks.

US President Barack Obama says he is considering military action against Syria after intelligence reports that 1,429 people were killed on 21 August.

UN weapons inspectors have left Syria after gathering evidence for four days.

Speaking to journalists in the Russian far-eastern city of Vladivostok, Mr Putin urged Mr Obama – as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate – to think about future victims in Syria before using force.

He said it was ridiculous to suggest the Syrian government was to blame for the attack.

“Syrian government troops are on the offensive and have surrounded the opposition in several regions,” he said.

“In these conditions, to give a trump card to those who are calling for a military intervention is utter nonsense.”

“So I’m convinced that is nothing more than a provocation by those who want to drag other countries into the Syrian conflict.”

He said that the US failure to present evidence to the international community was “simply disrespectful”.

“If there is evidence it should be shown. If it is not shown, then there isn’t any,” he said.

The main findings of the released unclassified summary of the US evidence state that:

  • the attack killed 1,429 people, including 426 children
  • Syrian military chemical weapons personnel were operating in the area in the three days before the attack
  • Satellite evidence shows rockets launched from government-help areas 90 minutes before first report of chemical attack
  • 100 videos attributed to the attack show symptoms consistent with exposure to nerve agent
  • Communications were intercepted involving a senior Damascus official who “confirmed chemical weapons were used” and was concerned about UN inspectors obtaining evidence

via BBC News