White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough insisted today that “nobody doubts” the US allegations against Syria, apparently not having read literally any newspaper on the planet or spoken to anyone outside of the administration’s inner circle.
The comments were made on Meet the Press, where McDonough became one of the first officials to carry out a week-long media blitz intended to cow the American public into accepting the inevitability of an attack on Syria.
McDonough’s comments, apart from feigning indignity that the world isn’t taking America’s word for it on the narrative, centered on the idea that attacking Syria would “send a message” to Iran about its civilian nuclear program.
This is a part of the narrative pushed on and off all of last week, with the idea being that the US has threatened to attack Iran on flimsy pretexts for 30+ years now, and it’s starting to lose its bite, but if the US attacks Syria on an equally flimsy pretext it’ll make those threats against Iran seem more realistic.
Starting a whole additional war just to make the threats for the first war seem more credible seems awfully drastic, but officials seem so desperate to make the case that they’re going to throw anything and everything against the wall to see what sticks in selling the public on the conflict.
It's already gone beyond Syria just like the WMD rationale went by the wayside in Iraq when there were none. Now it has escalated to "have to teach Iran a message" and "Putin is poking us in the eye" idiocy. Anything goes when politicking for war, war and more war!
Always so perplexing why there are never calls from Washington to attack, or even defund, atrocity-committing US clients, let alone to attack or arrest US war criminals responsible for WMD and chemical attacks. Why would the US only want to call out and attack non-client states, and for things that are not even close to proven, while there are hundreds of atrocities committed by the US and its clients that are one hundred percent documented fact? And why does it uphold international law to commit the supreme crime of aggression to punish a non-proven allegation of a much, much lesser crime? It will take some great minds to figure these things out.
Where in International, or any law for for that matter, does it say one can bomb a country to send a message to another country?
It's all about Israel – the US can go to the wall as far as they are concerned.
So, the idea is that the FedGov takes another country hostage and shoots it in the head to make Iran understand how serious the Zionists are. Considering that the FedGov has a record of its agents doing that to its own citizenry, it has a perverted logic.
Which other country you think they may attack to send a message to North Korea…….Vietnam?
So this is not about Assad using chemical weapons its about showing Iran how tough we can be. There goes Obama changing colors to fit his incompetence.
If the dumb politicians in the service of Israel DARE to attack Syria, a victim of zionism/imperialism, then people have a right to kick these war criminals out of the office, arrest them and put on trial to receive life, so the world be saved and humanity survives. Obama and inc are ALL CRIMINALS AND MUST BE FORCED OUT OF THE OFFICE.
Does Iran look worried? They tested Obama in 2009 when Iranians rose up against their thuggish rulers. They asked for just a signal of support from Obama and he flatly refused. Unlike with Syria Obama wants to talk nice to Iran and refuses to post any red line. When congress tried to increase economic sanctions on Iran Obama quietly reduced them. With Egypt, Libya and now Syria, Obama's pattern is always the same: Support the most dangerous and anti-American regime possible. In Iran Obama already has his pals in power so his words are just for show and nothing more. By the way Iran's nuke program is of a size to take on the 'Great Satan' i.e. America and not just the 'Little Satan' i.e. Israel. That is why Obama is downsizing America's military as fast as he dares.
US rogues will want to attack SOMEONE no matter what. It is the Fright House, no longer the White House.
I'm now taking bets on the imminent announcement of a "foiled terror plot" planned by Syrians. What could they have planned — let's see…. release sarin the NY subway, maybe?
I can't imagine any senators or congressmen believing they will be re elected if they should vote for a war that we definatly don't want . I don't believe i have seen the american people ever more united on one issue since the end of the 2cd w war . I serriously believe Obama will be impeached if 1 bomb falls . I would like to give credit to Justin and his Anti war click . But it is much greater than that . Although anti-war sure gave them the idea . The tea party and the Occupy wall street are glove on hand on Syria . I think they could agree on medicare for evreyone and kill Obamacare too .The Libertarians with Rand Paul also scored a big hit . Maybe the truth is on a roll , so lets keep on rolling impeach Obama now to be effective when the 1st bomb falls . Force Obama to keep his george Bush hat in the closet .
"the idea that attacking Syria would “send a message” to Iran about its civilian nuclear program."
This is why the US had become pretty much persona non grata in the world . . . . you cannot constantly threaten others who do not do what you want them to do . . . . for you will lose their respect, and be seen as the backyard bully . . . . and instead of doing what you want them to do,
the will resist. Yet the politicians in Washington, after all this time, still have not learned a thing. If it took me as long to learn something new as it does them, I would be homeless and on the street . . . . which is precisely where they belong!
The Syrian war is about Middle East, is about sunny Muslims, the tyrants regime of Saudi Arabia and UAE, is about Israel. Saudis and Turkish government are the best regional and international friend of Israeli apartheid regime. USA is the best friend of Israel, a Zionism hand in hand with imperialism in one hand and in the other tyrants of Middle East is the new platform for USA and EU democracy to implement their wars of nations against each other while these regimes are benefiting from. Syrian war is not about democracy, is about Middle East and who can control its natural resources, Syrian war is about Central Asia and who can control the natural resource there as well, syrian war is about war with russia, syrian war is about war with china, such idea is from First World War established by England and USA to conquer the entire Middle East by all means. Creation of Israel is part of that idea, having the best political and economic relation with tyrants and other form of dictatorial regime in Middle East is part of that idea; therefore people of Middle East suffering from 1950s and beyond to present day.
The Israeli boot-lickers in Washington might as well where shirts that say "I'm Israel's Bitch". Iran is a beautiful country with beautiful people. They mean us no harm despite all that the US/UK has done to them. Youtube pics of Iran and their people. They have Christmas celebrations and a large Jewish community that has been there for 1000 years and they DON'T want to leave. Ask to inspect ISRAEL's Nuclear weapons. They have 200+ and Subs with Nuclear mis. They just smirk and say "we can't confirm or deny" They melt children with WHITE PHOS and destroy every factory and farm in Palestine. The sooner we dump the Zionists the better.