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.

Weitergehen, hier gibt es nichts zu sehen!

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.

(7.August 2006) Seit Jahren wird in evangelisch-klerikalen Sekten über das kommende “Armageddon” und einen kommenden Krieg Israel´s gegen Russland gefaselt.
Diese Kampagne brach jetzt vor kurzem offen aus, mit direktem Bezug auf den Libanonkrieg.

Die Anzeichen dafür, dass im Libanonkrieg eine versteckte Konfrontation der Russen und Chinesen auf der einen Seite und der US-britisch-israelischen Kriegskoalition auf der anderen Seite stattfindet, mehren sich, und dass diese Konfrontation so stattfindet, ist vor allem einer entscheidenden Figur auf dem weltweiten Schachbrett zu verdanken – Angela Merkel.
Wahrlich keine gute Figur.

Zusammen mit dem Außenminister Steinmeier zerstört sie mit Stumpf und Stiel die russisch-französisch-deutsche Kooperation, zwingt Moskau regelrecht zur Nähe von Peking, verhindert eine EU-Außenpolitik, verhindert ein Ersticken des Libanonkrieges noch in der Anfangsphase, zerbricht die europäische Vision in tausend Stücke und das für eine Bush-Administration, die sich schon selbst dementiert bevor sie irgendetwas gesagt hat.

(7.Oktober 2004) Sogar diejenigen, die von eher konservativen Schätzungen ausgehen, wissen, dass die politische Macht der Fundamentalisten weitaus größer als ihre Zahl ist. Hunderte Millionen von Dollar haben es ihren Denkfabriken ermöglicht, langfristige Strategien zu entwerfen: Sie bilden junge Journalisten und Arbeiter für die Basis aus, sorgen dafür, dass ihre Autoren in prominenten Talkshows auftreten, und betreiben Lobbyarbeit im Kongress.

(18.August 2006) In den Vereinigten Staaten bezeichnen sich rund 53 % aller Erwachsenen schon heute als Fundamentalisten. Auch in Deutschland gibt es beunruhigende Tendenzen: Laut fowid glauben 39 % der Deutschen nicht an die Evolutionstheorie – die am besten belegte wissenschaftliche Theorie überhaupt.

(18.Juli 2006) In den USA hat bereits einige Tage vor den Bombenanschlägen vom 11.07. in Bombay und dem einen Tag später darauf erfolgten Einmarsch israelischer Truppen im Libanon eine massive Medienkampagne eingesetzt um den Begriff “Weltkrieg” in den Mittelpunkt der us-amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit zu rücken.Zweck scheint die Unterstützung der Bush-Administration vor dem “Gerichtshof der öffentlichen Meinung zu sein”, ein in den USA oft verwandter Begriff und immens wichtiger politischer Faktor.

(14.Juli 2006) Merkel was first to speak and declared that Germany and the US had reached agreement on a joint approach towards Iran, which had been formulated over the previous few days at a meeting of international foreign ministers. Merkel made it clear that she would fully back Bush at the weekend G8 summit in pressuring Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept the resolution, which is to be put to the Untied Nations Security Council.

Stand up for Israel – Gary Cristofaro

Ministry to Israel (MTI) is a biblically based, Pro-Israel Christian organization founded by Michael Utterback in 1988. The staff consists of 9 full time workers in the US and Israel. MTI‘s work to help Jewish people home is called Ezra International.

Rev. Gary Cristofaro
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Gary is a passionate advocate for Israel and the Jewish people. In his role as a pastor, he calls on Christians to answer their responsibility to the Jewish people, challenging them to build bridges with the Jewish community and come to a better understanding of Christianity‘s Hebraic roots.

Gary Cristofaro describes his relationship with Israel as having begun in 1992. Being raised in a Catholic family he never really learned about the connection with his Hebraic roots.

„The prophecies are not new to our group because we do (Bible) studies every Friday night. We have looked at that prophecy, but one of the things I try not to do is make a big assumption. That can be dangerous,“ said Pastor Gary Cristofaro of the First Assembly of God in Melbourne.

Tens of thousands of people filled St. Peter‘s Square for a Syria peace vigil late Saturday in the Vatican, answering Pope Francis‘ call for a cry for peace that was echoed by peace supporters around the world.

Am 7.September 2013 berichtete die Los Angeles Times unter Hinweis auf Quellen der U.S.-Regierung, dass die Planer eines Angriffskrieges gegen syrische Ziele zu der Erkenntnis gekommen sind, dass die “Nadelstiche” nicht ausreichen.

Iran‘s new foreign minister, Javad Zarif, visited Iraq on Sunday to discuss what he called the „dangerous situation“ in Syria and the wider region.