Author: Norman Solomon
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Liberal Luminaries in Senate Are Swing Votes on Bombing Syria
By Norman Solomon Many senators began this week still uncommitted on whether they’ll vote for attacking Syria. Among the fence-sitters are enough “progressives” to swing the Senate’s decision one way or the other. That decision is coming soon — maybe as early as Wednesday — and the Obama White House is now pulling out all…
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The Repetition Compulsion for War — and How It Might Fail This Time
By Norman Solomon No matter how many times we’ve seen it before, the frenzy for launching a military attack on another country is — to the extent we’re not numb — profoundly upsetting. Tanked up with talking points in Washington, top officials drive policy while intoxicated with what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness…
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Obama Will Launch a Huge Propaganda Blitz — and May Attack Syria Even If He Loses the Vote in Congress
By Norman Solomon Grassroots pressure has forced President Obama to seek approval from Congress for an attack on Syria. But Obama is hell-bent on ordering a missile assault on that country, and he has two very important aces in the hole. The administration is about to launch a ferocious propaganda blitz that will engulf a…
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While Cameron Defers to Parliament, Obama Locks into Warfare State of Mind
By Norman Solomon The British Parliament’s rejection of an attack on Syria is a direct contrast — and implicit challenge — to the political war system of the United States. “It is clear to me that the British Parliament, reflecting the views of the British people, does not want to see British military action. I…
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What the Assault on Whistleblowers Has to Do With War on Syria
By Norman Solomon Without whistleblowers, the mainline media outlets are more transfixed than ever with telling the official story. And at a time like this, the official story is all about spinning for war on Syria. Every president who wants to launch another war can’t abide whistleblowers. They might interfere with the careful omissions, distortions…