President Obama set to make a pitch for military action to the public

We can’t escalate this war.

Let’s start with something I hope we can agree on: we really, really don’t want to escalate this war.

The Democrats who follow the mis-leadership of President Obama and Leader Pelosi and go against the views of vast majorities of Americans will ensure they are a shrinking minority in the House and will lose their majority in the Senate. They do not seem to realize how angry Americans are at the possibility of another war and that more people are aware of the lies that are told to foment war. Democrats who vote for war may find themselves out of a job after the next midterm election.

Media outlets such as Fox News and MSNBC have a negative impact on people’s current events knowledge while NPR and Sunday morning political talk shows are the most informative sources of news, according to Fairleigh Dickinson University’s newest PublicMind survey.

Speaking with Bob Schieffer, the „CBS This Morning“ co-host previewed the interview – held Sunday at the Presidential Palace in Damascus – which is Assad‘s first with an American TV network in nearly two years. Rose reported the Syrian leader addressed allegations that his regime used chemical weapons against his own people.

Excerpts from Rose‘s interview with Assad will air at 7 a.m. EDT on „CBS This Morning.“ The interview will air in its entirety Monday night on „The Charlie Rose Show“ on PBS.

Speaking at a news conference in Paris after meeting key Arab foreign ministers, secretary of state John Kerry said they were leaning towards supporting a G20 statement – already signed by 12 countries – that called for a strong international response following a 21 August chemical attack in Syria.

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The Obama administration is distributing videos showing a chemical weapons attack in Syria to help convince Americans and Congress that a military intervention against the Syrian government is necessary, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday.

Speaking at a news conference in Paris, Kerry said the videos make clear that the attack is not something Americans can ignore.

Mr Kerry is currently in Paris, but he will travel to London later on Sunday, where he will meet the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Fears grow of expanding campaign against government opponents as leading activist from 2011 revolution is arrested

Amr Moussa, a stalwart of the government of Egypt‘s veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak, has been selected to chair the committee entrusted with amending a constitution pushed through by the deposed Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi.

Wittman, a Korean War veteran is against any military action against Syria. He and the rest of the protesters are hoping their chants will carry to Washington.

„The people are speaking, but it appears the politicians aren‘t listening,“ said Wittman.

Demonstrators opposing a U.S. attack on Syria lined a busy Houston intersection Saturday evening, waving signs, U.S. and Syrian flags, and chanting slogans at the thousands of passing motorists, many of whom honked and waved their approval. The group numbered roughly 70 at their peak during the three-hour rally, with dozens arriving and leaving during the event.

Das von den Neokonservativen proklamierte „Neue amerikanische Jahrhundert” kam auf der G20-Konferenz in Russland zu einem abrupten Ende. Die politischen Anführer der meisten Völker der Welt sagten obama, dass sie ihm nicht glauben und dass es ein Verstoss gegen das Internationale Recht ist, wenn die Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Syrien ohne Genehmigung durch die UNO angreift.

Obama did not make a mistake in asking for the vote, however it turns out—unless he defies it and bombs anyway. A man willing to go to war in the name of international “norms” has to be brave enough to go to Congress to uphold our Constitutional ones. And, in this case, he might lose more by winning, and win something, for himself and the country—and Syria, too—by losing.

As the young Obama himself said so memorably 11 years ago, „What I am opposed to is dumb wars.“

Congressional debate over planned U.S. airstrikes against Syria is raising new concerns from lawmakers that attacks will bolster Islamist rebels and increase the chances al Qaeda-linked forces will come to power.