Events Are MovingQuicklyInSyria … Here’sWhatYouNeedtoKnow
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CheatSheetOnSyria

The U.S. is about to attack Syria. Here’s what you need to know:

Bombing Syria will only strengthenthehardliners … and harmAmerica’snationalsecurity. The top U.S. military commander says that attacking Syria would be riskyandexpensive A Syrian war could be one the least popular warsinAmericanhistory In fact, most of theworld is againstattackingSyria War against Syria could spikeoilprices and plungeusbackintoanotherrecession Russia has repeatedlystated that it would consider an attack on Syria as an attack on its national security. China has also stronglycautioned the U.S. against attacking Syria. China and Russia hold a lot of U.S. debt, and could make life difficult for us economically if we unnecessarily anger them Expertshave – so far – expresseddoubts that chemical weapons were actually used The American government – in a replay of the Iraq war – is tryingtostop UN weaponsinspectorsfromseeingifchemicalweaponswereused If chemical weapons were used, it’s unclearwhousedthem The U.S. has repeatedly falselyaccusedothersofusingchemicalweapons The Syrian rebels have – apparently – previously used chemical weapons The U.S. has been backing Al Qaeda and other known terrorists in Syria A former Democratic Congressman said that a U.S. strike on Syria would make America “Al Qaeda’s Air Force“ The U.S., Britain and Israel have used chemical weapons within the last 10 years “Humanitarian” wars usually don’t turn out very well Attacking Syria without Congressional approval would be unconstitutional The U.S. and Britain considered attacking Syrians and then blaming it on the Syrian government as an excuse for regime change … 50 years ago (the U.S. just admitted that they did this to Iran) The U.S. has been planning regime change in Syria for 20 years straight The U.S. has been arming the Syrian opposition since 2006 America is not involved in Syria because that country poses a threat to America’s security … but for entirely different reasons Many see the timing of the Syria crisis as an attempt by the U.S. government to distract from its domestic scandals. If you need a reminder about what’s going on inside our country, here’s a cheat sheet on spying

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