Posts like this (no matter how infrequent they occur on normally partisan outlets like Salon) are the reason I follow websites with whom I have vehement disagreement with on so many issues. Excellent piece by David Sirota. "In terms of basic accuracy, for all that we will likely hear about the Obama administration supposedly always trying to avoid war with Syria, the verifiable evidence says exactly the opposite. In speeches, TV interviews and lobbying meetings with congressional lawmakers, the administration has been pushing for war with no caveats. Only when congressional and public opposition to that war began to look insurmountable did the administration suddenly change its tune and start seeking out a path that avoids a military confrontation. In other words, some modicum of a democratic process actually worked to prioritize what the public — rather than D.C. foreign policy elites — actually wanted."
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:35:15 +0000
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