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Groundswell on Syria: The People Versus AIPAC -- Philip Weiss
Last night, NBC Nightly News led not with the Senate Foreign Relations committees vote to approve military action against Syria, but with the American people with the loud and lopsided opposition across the country to taking a military strike on Syria. In packed town hall meetings from Connecticut to Oklahoma, Kelly ODonnell reported, Americans are voicing opposition to interfering in the Syrian civil war. And she featured Justin Amash, the Michigan freshman Republican, who has Syrian ancestors and opposes a strike, as does nearly everyone at his town halls.
Senator Bernie Sanders said on MSNBC that the phones are popping off in his office, and almost unanimously people are opposed to what the president is talking about. 98 percent of my district says No, Ted Yoho, an emerging Florida Republican congressman, said on the same network.
Our foreign policy of the last 30 years has led us into this, Yoho went on. Its Groundhog Day and we need to take foreign policy in a new direction.. We need diplomacy at this point of time.
These are all signs of a groundswell in the wings of both parties, challenging the leadership. This is a very dangerous place for the president to be, Howard Fineman put it on MSNBC yesterday. Democrats are wondering how the Democratic Party suddenly became the war party. Good question.
Senator Bernie Sanders said on MSNBC that the phones are popping off in his office, and almost unanimously people are opposed to what the president is talking about. 98 percent of my district says No, Ted Yoho, an emerging Florida Republican congressman, said on the same network.
Our foreign policy of the last 30 years has led us into this, Yoho went on. Its Groundhog Day and we need to take foreign policy in a new direction.. We need diplomacy at this point of time.
These are all signs of a groundswell in the wings of both parties, challenging the leadership. This is a very dangerous place for the president to be, Howard Fineman put it on MSNBC yesterday. Democrats are wondering how the Democratic Party suddenly became the war party. Good question.
Source: http://mondoweiss.net/2013/09/groundswell-on-syria-the-people-versus-aipac.html
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Groundswell on Syria: The People Versus AIPAC -- Philip Weiss (Original Post)
Mr_Jefferson_24
Sep 2013
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(25,699 posts)1. You know, there's no harm in citing the original source...
Especially when the alternative is Informationclearinghouse.info
Seriously, some DU'ers don't care for Mondoweiss, but, whatever. It's always good to cite the original source
Mr_Jefferson_24
(8,559 posts)2. Agreed. My bad. Thank you for pointing this out.
Change made.