Logo by James C. Ryan
U.S. SERVICE ACADEMY GRADUATES OPPOSE BOMBING SYRIA
FLIMSY EVIDENCE, POLITICAL BOMBAST DRIVES YET ANOTHER RECKLESS, IMMORAL WAR
NEW YORK -- (September
4, 2013) -- Founded in 2006 in reaction to the dishonorable and criminal
practices of the Bush administration
regarding its attack on Iraq, U.S. service academy graduates, unified by two
anti-war affiliated groups http://www.sagaw.org/ http://www.wpgaw.org/
, oppose the Obama government's plan to bomb Syria. Its use of chemical weapons
remains highly speculative, despite the usual political harangue. We fear that
the same self-serving evidence combined with the same specious, expedient
reasoning will lead to yet another immoral bombing campaign of death and
destruction. And the majority of victims will again be innocent civilians, this
time Syrians.
The president tries
to sugarcoat its effects. He assures Americans that there will be no "boots on
the ground." But that doesn't mean there will be no crime, no murder, no
slaughter. As in Iraq, there will be plenty of boot-less feet on the
ground"children's feet and their mothers', the feet of young men and women and the
feet of the old, innocent feet all. How many feet-on-the-ground were destroyed
in Iraq? We remember well the picture of the Iraqi girl in Basra whose feet were
obliterated along with her life. There were millions like her, maimed, murdered,
displaced from their homes, sent from this world. Millions! We oppose that same
deadly thinking and propaganda that brought chaos and death to the Iraqis and
many others. And now possibly to the Syrians.
The relentless march
to war is replete with demonization, self-righteous arrogance and bullying. The
risk of committing war crimes on the civilian populations is high. We remember
well the dissembling Colin Powell's performance. We oppose all efforts to
launch an attack on Syria based on flimsy evidence and political bombast.
Equally troubling is
that, aside from proof that chemical weapons were indeed used, which no one
disputes, there is little evidence that indicates the Syrian government did so.
Logic alone would indicate that it did not. After all, why would the Syrian
government invite the UN weapons inspectors to Damascus and then use chemical
weapons a few days later. Nor does it make sense to use chemical weapons in an
offensive operation as was being done at the time by the Syrian forces. If
anything, given its motley nature, the opposition forces would seem to have the
primary motive for using chemical weapons. They desperately needed the United
States to intervene. And it has. Is Assad really so stupid?
It is widely known
that the United States, Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have been sponsoring
the insurgents in Syria. These opposition forces are composed of Jihadists,
Islamist militias and elements of Al-Qaeda such as Jabhat al-Nusra. This comprises
the so-called Free Syria Army, an army primarily of non-Syrians. Are these the
people, specializing in sectarian beheadings, rapes and murder, who will inspire
the Syrian people with democracy American style? Will they win the hearts and
minds of the people? Doubtful. In fact, this "army," rampaging about like so
many Hannibal Lectors, has actually eaten the hearts and livers of still-living
Syrian citizens. This has not been mentioned in the stately halls of the U.S.
Congress. It should be. If not now, when?
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