Blix: Even if Assad used chemical weapons, the west has no mandate to act as a global policeman

[Dustlawyer]

14. I did hijack the thread a little, ok, a lot. To me though, I see this looming war with Syria that

is opposed by a majority at home as another symptom of our corrupt election process. Our government will keep the MIC happy at our expense. Our government will keep the gun lobby at our expense, Wall Street, Big Pharma...
The politicians you mentioned are all true Representatives of the people. The problem is twofold, there are not enough of them for one, and with a few exceptions, they will not come out to the American people and call bullshit on our election process. They need to be organizing us. I do not believe we can work this through the system, i.e. elect enough REAL Progressives to turn the tide. The money and power dangled in front of them changes them and they will do anything to stay.
If we could have a majority of Congress made up of people like Bernie Sanders, Elizebeth Warren, and Alan Grayson I would not have a rant in the world. As it is we are running out of time ecologically, and going backwards socially! I am already at US vs. THEM and I agree that we have more numbers if we could just get the disconnected to connect. There is also the matter of the brainwashing by the national media that hides the true state and nature of things.
As for Syria, I am deeply saddened that those poor people are caught up in the mad international power struggle. Our intervention will probably make the death toll and human misery rise even higher than if we do nothing.