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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Nation/John Nichols: Attack Syria? 'Nobody Wants This Except the Military-Industrial Complex'
Attack Syria? 'Nobody Wants This Except the Military-Industrial Complex'Wednesday, September 4, 2013 * The Nation (via Common Dreams) * by John Nichols
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, backs President Obamas request for authorization to intervene militarily in Syria, as does House Democratic Minority Nancy Pelosi, D-California.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is similarly in, while Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, in mum. The president has done a pretty good job of selling his plan to congressional leaders. He has not, however, sold it to the American people.
Thus, when members of Congress decide which side they're on in the Syrian intervention votes that are expected to take place next week, they will have to consider whether they want to respond to pro-war pressure from inside-the-Beltway as so many did when they authorized action against Iraq or to the anti-war sentiments of their constituents.
Reflecting on the proposed intervention, Congressman Alan Grayson, D-Florida, allowed as how: "Nobody wants this except the military-industrial complex. The level of opposition might not be quite so overwhelming. But it is strikingly high. And, even as the president makes his case, skepticism about intervention appears to be growing.
A Pew Research survey released Tuesday found support for air strikes had collapsed from 45 percent to 29 percent, while opposition had spiked. The public has long been skeptical of U.S. involvement in Syria, but an April survey found more support than opposition to the idea of a U.S.-led military response if the use of chemical weapons was confirmed, Pew reported Tuesday. The new survey finds both broad concern over the possible consequences of military action in Syria and little optimism it will be effective.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/04-0
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The Nation/John Nichols: Attack Syria? 'Nobody Wants This Except the Military-Industrial Complex' (Original Post)
99th_Monkey
Sep 2013
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(20,630 posts)1. Alan Grayson's got a lil' Eisenhower in him.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)2. He certainly does, and happily so.
both on the surveillance issues, and on going to war as well.