“Politicians can’t seem to identify any ‘legitimate’ US ‘interest’ that war would serve; polls show that the public opposes the project; military leaders, when pressed to propagandize for intervention, have instead repeatedly cautioned that war would likely boost the fortunes of al Qaeda and other groups who have been designated ‘the enemy’. Nonetheless, US President Barack Obama seems to have decided that military action is the only way to get whatever it is that he thinks he wants. He’s ordered the release of a ‘report’ purporting to ‘justify’ military action, his minions are falling into line, and world media are beginning to paint war as inevitable. If all this seems confusing and counter-intuitive, here’s why.”
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