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(19,429 posts) Wed Sep 4, 2013, 03:08 PM Sep 2013

Liberals Aren't Buying Obama And Kerry's Arguments For Action In Syria

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is coming out against military action in Syria, and it plans to pressure on-the-fence Democrats in Congress to oppose it, as well.

The PCCC, which has a membership of nearly 1 million people, is sending a memo to Democratic representatives and senators with the results of a survey that shows its members overwhelmingly oppose intervening in Syria. The poll also shows that its members aren't buying President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry's justifications for intervening.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-war-resolution-pccc-liberal-democrats-oppose-obama-vote-2013-9