Are the Mass Media Conglomerates pushing for War?

[whttevrr]

I've been watching a little bit of the news. I could be misinterpreting things, but... it seems like this morning was like a general call to arms. I can't watch Fox. Anybody know if they are clamoring for war with Syria?

I do not believe that launching missiles or dropping bombs on another country is anything else but an act of war.

Am I missing something? Or is their a general consensus that we have to bomb Syria?

Anyone willing to watch Fox to see if they are calling for an attack too?

[morningfog]

1. The President is pushing for war. The media is joining in.

[alsame]

2. Yes. As always. nt

[woo me with science]

3. Of course. They are the TV arm of corporate propaganda.

The internet arm, meanwhile, is very busy right here.

[whttevrr]

4. Cicilline is openly skeptical, Grayson is against...

Which Congress critters are on the record as against a Syrian Strike?

Has anyone found a breakdown in the house and senate of public yeas and nays?

[blm]

5. Sounds more like they're just taking potshots at Obama for being 'weak'

because everyone knows by now that a Republican president or a real Dem hawk would have gone after Assad years ago.

The most prevalent narrative about Syria on all the networks has been a laundry list of all Obama's perceived mistakes and weaknesses. It's like they're using the opportunity to replace his leadership narrative from 'steady calm that kept us out of unnecessary war, while eliminating BinLaden and Qaddafi' to 'indecisive and weak' and even 'deceptive' just like Bush.

The corpmedia is doing a number on both sides of the debate.

[whttevrr]

7. That part is insulting to my intelligence.

It is almost as if people are trying to bully the President into bombing Syria. I do not think that rethinking the whole "red line" thing is weak. I think it would be prudent to step back and use the law to settle this. If there is evidence that Assad bombed his own people then that is a case for the international war crimes court.

I hope the President is setting up the chicken hawks for a failed vote in the congress. But his insistence on making Assad 'pay' is troubling when we are acting almost alone in seeking retribution.

We should wait for International Support.

This is not something we should do on our own.






EDIT: Their / There :Typo

[G_j]

6. & it seems they pushed the "red line" bit

right from the start.

[jakeXT]

8. Moderators "yes", guests especially military analysts "no"

Throughout the show, host Chris Wallace attacked President Obama for announcing that he plans to seek Congressional approval before attacking Syria, with such “questions” as, “Haven’t you handed Syria and Iran at least a temporary victory?” to Secretary of State John Kerry and, to military analyst Retired General Jack Keane, “What message is the president sending to our friends and our enemies in the region with all this talk you just heard …(about) the restrictions on what we’re going to do in Syria and then putting the whole process on pause for more than a week to wait for congressional approval?”
Read more at http://www.newshounds.us/joe_lieberman_tag_teams_with_chris_wallace_to_blast_obama_over_syria_09012013

[whttevrr]

9. Afghanistan / Iraq / Libya conondrums

I believed that Alqueda was in Afghanistan and was responsible for 9/11. I thought we were right in attacking then... Until I read that Poppy production quickly rose to peak levels and the Taliban was pretty much allowed to escape.

Iraq was troubling until I heard about the Mobile Chemical Weapons Winebegos, Aluminum tubes, and Yellow Cake... Until it was found out that those things were fake.

I thought the rebels in Libya had a valid cause to ask for a no fly zone. I am not happy with the chaos afterwards, but they and the whole world agreed they needed help.

Syria however, I am not ready to believe in this nebulous, proportional step, to make Assad pay... What?

What is the positive outcome of bombing Syria? How will this be in our best interest? And why is no one else in the world stepping up to take part in this 'proportional step'?