Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his evidence that the Obama administration passed off its own intelligence assessment of the Syria gas attack as a CIA analysis; the CIA’s observation that no materials have been deployed from Syria’s chemical weapons facilities; why the attack doesn’t bear the hallmarks of sarin gas; and why the White House pushes toward war despite the large percentage of Americans against military action in Syria.

Update: Porter now says that CIA may not have had such close track of Syria CW. But they’re still doubtful, dossier still White House.

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David Bromwich, Professor of Literature at Yale University, discusses his article “The Crossroads on Syria;” why Obama doesn’t even bother to lie us into war; the dearth of good outcomes from Syrian regime change; and the MSM news blackout on US foreign policy disasters in Iraq and Libya.

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Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his article “We Must Not Be the World’s Policeman;” the Obama loyalists desperately grasping for reasons to attack Syria; why there shouldn’t be a “red line” anywhere requiring American military intervention abroad; too much talk about boots on the ground and not enough on collateral damage from US air strikes; and why AIPAC seems to be the only organized group pushing for war.

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Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his article “How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria;” the suspicious language used in the summary document on the chemical weapons attack; why the Israeli-sourced electronic intercept of freaking-out Syrian officials is likely fake; and the US’s strange “assessment” that the Syrian opposition didn’t use chemical weapons.

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Mark Kogan, a public affairs lawyer in Washington, D.C., discusses his article “Millennials Have Been At War For Their Entire Adult Lives – When is Enough Enough;” the Democratic and Republican leaders supporting US military action in Syria; and why Rand Paul’s filibusters are worthwhile even if unsuccessful.

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Philip Giraldi, executive director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses Gareth Porter’s debunking of US “intelligence” supporting an attack on Syria; reports that the Syrian rebels accidentally set off deadly chemical weapons from the Saudis; why Secretary of State John Kerry can’t possibly know the casualty figures in Syria – no matter how confidently he states them; and AIPAC’s full-court press on Congress to get another war started in the Middle East.

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