Comments on: When Did We Declare War on Syria? or Pakistan?

By: ekunin

ekunin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:10:26 +0000

The attack on Syria is depressing and Obama with his promise to enter Pakistan if need be is no better, but perhaps that’s election rhetoric playing to the popular notion of American exceptionalism. The attack on Syria was both unprovoked and unauthorized by Congress, an act of war without a declaration of war or even a resolution which can be said to authorize it.

Were our system operating properly, the attack on Syria would be an impeachable offense ending in a quick impeachment, but the Dems won’t put the process in motion. It is time to realize the system is surely broken, but that does not necessarily mean all is lost. We the people need to find our voice and I don’t mean comments on blogs. We need to organize on the internet in a meaningful way. I don’t know what form it will take, I’m not that technological, but I believe (hope) it’s possible. It’s way past time to start talking about it.

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:18:57 +0000

Thank you.
This is important and illuminating.

By: Siun

Siun — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:15:59 +0000

Just catching up and wanted to note that the location of the attack in Syria is not the same as the location of the Israeli bombing last year.

By: Jkat

Jkat — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:50:50 +0000

incoming consonants and vowels boyz .. hit the dirt .. !!!

By: Jkat

Jkat — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:48:35 +0000

as dick cheney might say: “so ?”

i mean what are y’all gonna do .. fire up your attack keyboards and strafe the bushies??

send off e-mail bombs ??

eventually .. i’d love to see these lawless hacks brought before the bar of justice to answer for their crimes .. civil .. criminal ..and war .. but until some part ofd the government decies to stand up and enforce the laws ..

we are simply fucked .. imo .. destined to live over and over the humiliation and indignities visitd upon a captive ~~herd of sheep~~ uh .. err… people

By: wisconsin

wisconsin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:31:08 +0000

WE blame Iran for sending fighters into Iraq, yet we disregard international law and cross Pakistan and now Syria. Why?-because we’re “right” and fighting for the “right” things. Fact is, Iraq wants us out: even the puppet government we installed wants us out. The puppet we put in Afghanistan is close to coming to that conclusion too. We better leave, if the Shia and Sunni unite they will slaughter us-the only reason the almighty “surge” “worked” is because we’re paying the Sunnis not to kill us. Then what will we say about having all the “high tech” weapons we have, and the fact we have the “greatest” military on earth? This is Bush’s wet dream, he’s still a boy trying to be a man and doesn’t know how. The rest of our” leaders “are repeating, through their own hubris, the mistakes of 30 years ago. The ultimate proof of this is the fact that almost half this nation supports a clown like McCain, whose policies are right out of the 1960’s and which were discredited by the early 1970’s.

By: alank

alank — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:07:28 +0000

It’s possible the attack was calculated by the U.S. and political leaders in Israel to poison the talks between Israel and Syrian under the mediation of Turkey.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:02:35 +0000

teddy is a few flights upstairs

By: SouthernDragon

SouthernDragon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:47:53 +0000

Cool.

By: RevBev

RevBev — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:47:29 +0000

Isn’t that good? Side bar note about recall..interesting.