This video is an interview with Phyllis Bennis on the Real News, in which Bennis gives her analysis of why military intervention in syria is not a good solution. She explains that U.S. policy should emphasize direct diplomacy to negotiate a ceasefire with all sides including Syrian President Bashar Assad, but direct military intervention will lead to more bloodshed and Obama fighting on the side of an Al-Qaeda affiliated organization. (Fellow Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at IPS ( the Institute for Policy Studies ). She is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has been a writer, analyst, and activist on Middle East and UN issues for many years. In 2001 she helped found and remains on the steering committee of the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation. She works closely with the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition, co-chairs the UN-based International Coordinating Network on Palestine, and since 2002 has played an active role in the growing global peace movement. She continues to serve as an adviser to several top UN officials on Middle East and UN democratization issues.)
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:26:11 +0000
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