Bernie, still gotta love him, started a movement going, even though he has chickened out in pursuing it, which has encouraged rising stars such as Tulsi Gabbard, Nina Turner, Tim Canova and revitalized people like Alan Grayson and Jeff Merkley. My favorite, bar none, the real deal, the real straight shooter, the one with guts, is Tulsi Gabbard.
The backstory:
While the Syrian government surrendered their chemical weapon stockpiles for destruction in 2014, evidence indicates that rebel groups in Syria have ramped up their own supplies of the deadly weapons and have not hesitated to deploy them in combat. In November 2016, the New York Times acknowledged that ISIS, alone, had used chemical arms at least 52 times in Syria and Iraq.
gjohnsit has just published about Trump going to war against Assad,
I have to say it ain't gonna happen.
From the first quotation he uses in his essay is this:
One airstrike does not make a war.
For instance, President Clinton bombed Iraq every week for eight years, but it took Bush to lead us into a disastrous war.
So are we going to war with the Assad regime? The rhetoric is unclear at this point, but it is alarming.
If you all don't mind a bit of a rant:
I have come to the point where I oppose (hate might be a better description) almost every leader from every side involved in this horrendous holocaust in the Middle East.
Oh yes, Pandora's box, that it is:
Blog author Soapy over at libcom.org has posted this Article today on Her Heinous and Her cheerleading for the bombing of Syria this week. In my humble opinion, the whole article is well worth the read.
Here's a taste:
The Battle of Mosul is nearing an end. Soon Daesh will have been chased from Iraq.
That's what has some people very nervous.
Doug Henwood's Facebook page had this paragraph emblazoned upon it today:
It's not surprising that the news media loved Trump's new pointless war against the Syrian government.
