War With Syria and its Repercussions by Shamus Cooke

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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/27-0


The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) arrives for a visit at the port of Souda Bay in Greece on June 11. It is one of the four armed warships the Navy has in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to U.S. defense officials. (AFP Photo/US Navy/D.L. Paul Farle)


A U.S. invasion of Syria could be the first war based on a Youtube video. After a video was released showing victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack, England immediately declared the Syrian government responsible, while Obama began drawing up military plans, saying there was "little doubt" the Syrian Government was at fault (zero evidence currently exists to suggest this). An extra U.S. warship has already been deployed in response.

Instead of responsibly waiting for the UN chemical weapons team — which is already in Syria — to investigate the incident, the Obama administration has already stated that such an investigation is "too late to be credible,” because:

“The evidence available has been significantly corrupted as a result of the regime’s persistent shelling and other intentional actions over the last five days.”

Of course, this is for the UN to decide. The Obama administration is already creating a justification for war that circumvents the UN, like Bush before him.