Is World War III About To Start?

Here's what you need to know about the conflict in Syria:

• The evidence used to justify the United States' ramped up pressure and possible strike as early as this weekend is questionable at best.
• There's plenty of evidence that some Syrian rebels were in possession of chemical weapons and may have used them to set up Assad as the villain on the world stage (but at the very least intended to use them in this way).
• So, based on this shoddy evidence, the Obama administration has positioned air force and missile systems in the "ready" position aimed at Syria.
• In response, many countries including Russia and China, have warned that they will not sit quietly if the United States does this.
• Iran is preparing to send or has already sent 4,000 Revolutionary Guard troops to back Assad and could likely send more if the United States does anything overtly.
• Saudi Arabia has promised to incite the Chechens to cause trouble in Russia if Putin and Medvedev do not allow Syria to fall...*
• ...So Putin has threatened to invade Saudi Arabia if things get hairy in Syria...*
• ...and Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah promise to attack Israel (the United States' proxy in the region and their source of intelligence) if an American attack occurs...
• Lebanon has stated that if Israel uses the chaos to inflict damage to Hezbollah, then Beirut will join this mess.
• ...so Israel is calling up reserves.

What we are seeing develop in the world has been slowly creeping over the last decade.  Afghanistan was Austria.  It seemed reasonable so the world powers allowed the United States to respond to 9/11 with an invasion.  Iraq was Czechoslovakia.  It was a mess, most of the world was against it, but the world powers again allowed the United States to do as it pleased in the hopes that two overt wars would be enough.  Syria (or Iran if this fails) will be the Blitzkrieg on Poland - the final straw.  Russia, China, and Iran have drawn their line in the sand.  We could see the start of World War III as early as this weekend.

I rant because I fear for the good People of the world...and I am genuinely scared what might come in the next week.

* - these seem a bit bombastic and their validity is questionable, but likely in the tension that has built in the past few days.

Cheat Sheet on Syria

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All the reasons why an invasion of Syria would be detrimental to the health of the Union.

Putin Orders Massive Strike Against Saudi Arabia If West Attacks Syria

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Sh!ts getting crazy.

Does Obama Know He's Fighting on Al-Qaeda's Side?

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"If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time in history – that the United States will be on the same side as al-Qa’ida."

Reason #39547 why war with Syria is wrong!

To paraphrase George Orwell: The United States is allies with al-Qaida. Therefore, the United States has always been allies with al-Qaida.

Missile Strikes on Syria Likely Response to Chemical Attack

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“The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." -Senator Barack Obama, 2007

...And yet the Peace President's lackeys are out in full force claiming that "strategic strikes" on Syria could be ordered within days without any discussion from Congress.

Official: Water Complaints Could Be 'Act of Terrorism'

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Don't like your water?  You're a terrorist!

Michael Hastings Sent Email About FBI Probe Hours Before Death

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To recap: Hastings was a journalist for Buzzfeed and Rolling Stone who did a major piece on General McChrystal (that led to his resignation) and has written other articles harshly criticizing the Obama administration's use of drones and the NSA scandal.

Since his death in a car crash early Tuesday morning, Wikileaks has gone public stating that he reached out to them for legal help and now this from the Huffington Post.  Hastings had a lot of enemies in DC.  His death needs to be thoroughly investigated, but I am sure it won't be.

Groundwork For Arming Syrian Rebels Began Before Obama's Announcement

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By way of deception, thou shalt do war.

Syria: US to Arm Rebels

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Forget all about Benghazi, the NSA spying on all Americans, the DOJ spying on AP journalists, the IRS targeting specific groups...here's another war for you to pay attention to!

Oh and then there's this and this.

Timeline: How Obama Compares to Bush on Torture, Surveillance, and Detention

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Obama = Bush

Wasn't this guy supposed to be different?

By the way - the graphic is interactive.  Black sites are still active even though they were shut down, according to multiple media reports (how's that for Orwellian?).  You'd be naive to think "extraordinary rendition" (read: torture) was stopped by this administration that has no problem with extrajudicial murder. 

Another FBI Patsy Arrested in Fake Bomb Plot to Start a Civil War

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 "The details are familiar: random guy with no actual connection to terrorists, and no actual way to build a connection with terrorists, is taken in by an FBI undercover agent who works with him to build a 'bomb' that was never a bomb. In other words, there was no plot. There was no bomb. There was just a bunch of undercover agents playing dressup."

Obama Supporters Don't Know Obama

'Merica!

Cornel West: President Obama Doesn't Deserve To Be Sworn In With MLK's Bible

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“The righteous indignation of a Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes a moment of political calculation. And that makes my blood boil. Why? Because Martin Luther King, Jr died…he died…for the three crimes against humanity that he was wrestling with. Jim Crow, traumatizing, terrorizing, stigmatizing Black people. Lynching, not just ‘segregation’ as the press likes to talk about.

“Second: Carpet bombing in Vietnam killing innocent people, especially innocent children, those are war crimes that Martin Luther King , Jr. was willing to die for. And thirdly, was poverty of all colors, he said it is a crime against humanity for the richest nation in the world to have so many of it’s precious children of all colors living in poverty and especially on the chocolate side of the nation, and on Indian reservations and Brown barrios and yellow slices and Black ghettos — we call them hoods now, but ghettos then.

“So I said to myself ain’t nothing wrong with putting your hand on the bible, even though the bible’s talking about justice, Jesus is talking about the least of these, but when you put it on Martin’s bible, I said ‘this is personal for me,’ because this is the tradition that I come out of.”

Panetta: US Could Provide Logistical, Intel Support in Mali

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Right, Panetta, because what's one more war?

Also - apparently al Qaeda in Mali = bad, al Qaeda in Libya/Syria = good!

Afghan Children Legitimate Targets, Says U.S. Lt. Col., As They Might Have 'Hostile Intent'

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This is sickening.

The Woes of an American Drone Operator

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Obama: A GOP President Should Have Rules Limiting the Kill List

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All hail the Drone King!

'Every Person is Afraid of the Drones': The Strikes' Effects on Life in Pakistan

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This is why the rest of the world hates us.  It has nothing to do with our "freedoms."

Obama For America TV Ad: 'Drone Warrior'

Drone War Creating More Enemies Than It Destroys

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