(2013/09/09) Opposing an attack on Syria (Special Event)
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🗓️ 9 September 2013
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Summary
Edition #753
Opposing an attack on Syria
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Obama, Kerry, and the Greater War Crime - Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 9-4-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Dig down deep - Vandaveer
Ch. 4: Act 2: A True Debate Over Syria - Congressional Dish - Air Date: 8-29-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: BBC - Ming Tea
Ch. 6: Act 3: How Can You Stand By And Let It Happen - Common Sense With Dan Carlin - Air Date 9-3-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Down the line - José González
Ch. 8: Act 4: If I was in Congress, I'd vote against Syria strikes - Chris Hayes - Air Date: 9-4-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: It's a mistake - Men at Work
Ch. 10: Act 5: The Mind-Blowing Truth About War With Syria - Lee Camp - Air Date: 09-04-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: This is why we fight - The Decemberists
Ch. 12: Act 6: Mr. President, The Issue Is Not Syria - Moyers And Company - Air Date 9-6-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Ain't no reason - Brett Dennen
Ch. 14: Act 7: Congressional Approval, An Exotic And Nearly Unprecedented Maneuver - CounterSpin - Air Date 9-6-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Good people - Jack Johnson
Ch. 16: Act 8: Norm For Multilateral Security And Appropriate Response - Politics and Reality Radio - Air Date: 9-7-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: You learn - Alanis Morissette
Ch. 18: Act 9: Syria: 3 Things The US Must Do Before Strikes - Young Turks - Air Date: 09-07-13
Final comments on today's activism update: No War with Syria
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
Activism:
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/do_not_bomb_syria/
http://dontattacksyria.com/?source=GTXTNotOurProblem
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/08/how-to-help-syrias-refugees/
http://www.contactingthecongress.org
Information for this segment can be found at:
http://firedoglake.com/syria-war-whip/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/yes-congress-can-authorize-war-without-formally-declaring-it/279261/
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/h_multi_sections_and_teasers/WarDeclarationsbyCongress.htm
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175970/not-another-undeclared-war-call-congress-back-session#axzz2eJ8ajUNQ
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/9/5/rep_alan_grayson_on_syria_congress
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/04/chris-hayes-on-syria-here-is-where-i-stand/
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/why-obama-sought-congressional-authorization-syria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24022866
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qrR1AVMNU
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| 0:15.7 | podcast with clips today from the Progressive Magazine, Congressional Dish, Common Sense with Dan |
| 0:20.8 | Carlin, all-in with Chris Hayes, comedian Lee Camp, Moyers & Company, Counter-Spin, |
| 0:25.8 | Politics in the Reality Radio and the Young Turks. And a quick spoiler alert, I'm against |
| 0:30.7 | bombing Syria. John Kerry isn't exactly inspiring confidence as Secretary of State. He's become |
| 0:38.9 | the biggest cheerleader for war against Syria. At the Senate hearings this week, he wanted to even |
| 0:43.9 | rule out putting boots on the ground in Syria, even though President Obama had assured us on Saturday |
| 0:49.5 | that this wouldn't happen. Asked directly about it, here's what Kerry had to say. If chemical weapons |
| 0:55.1 | were at risk of falling into the hands of al-Qaeda types in Syria, he said, I don't want to take off |
| 1:00.1 | the table an option that might or might not be available to a president of the United States |
| 1:04.8 | to secure our country. He then backtracked and tried to slam the door shut on putting U.S. |
| 1:09.6 | ground troops there, but if you were listening, you had to conclude that this door is still kind of |
| 1:14.1 | open. And anyway, why are we taking action that might help al-Qaeda types who are opposed to a |
| 1:20.6 | Assad? Once more, a majority of the American public doesn't want war, and once more, the political |
| 1:25.2 | class is intent on dragging us into it. To be sure, if it's proven that Assad used chemical |
| 1:31.2 | weapons, that would be a war crime. But remember, at the Nuremberg Trials Justice Robert Jackson said |
| 1:37.2 | the greatest war crime of all was waging an aggressive war. And that's what John Kerry and |
| 1:42.6 | Barack Obama seemed prepared to commit unless we organize and stop them. I met Rothschild, |
| 1:49.0 | and that's how I see it. |
| 1:51.2 | Left, right, left, we march to the bound and be your heart, so in the battle we're right |
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