Blind Eyes and Deaf Ears

Prayers, fasting, anti-war marches, hands stained with blood even inside the US Senate, but who cares?! The US Administration of Obama is still adamant on launching a further unjustified aggression and this time against Syria, the cradle of monotheistic religions and civilization. Under the false fabricated pretext of chemical use- surely by the US and ewes-backed cannibals- Obama is going to kill thousands if not millions not only of the Syrians, but definitely of the region civilians. Obama, however, turns blind eyes and deaf ears to the prayers as well as to all those who oppose a further illegal intervention, particularly among the US lawmakers.

The Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor on Saturday said he’s opposed to taking military action against Syria. AP quoted Senator Pryor as saying “I have said, before any military action in Syria is taken, the administration must prove a compelling national security interest. Based on the information presented to me and the evidence I have gathered, I do not believe these criteria have been met, and I cannot support military action against Syria at this time.”

Reps. Kerry Bentivolio of Michigan, Chris Gibson and Michael Grimm of New York, Doug Collins of Georgia, Ron DeSantis of Florida and Steve Stivers of Ohio have all come out saying they oppose air strikes.

 Bentivolio said: “However, it has also been made clear that those who oppose the Syrian Government have direct ties to al-Qaida. Whoever wins this war will not be affectionate toward the United States,” asserting that  he does not believe American involvement is a matter of national security, and that President Barack Obama has not made an adequate case to that end.

Gibson, an Army colonel who had four tours of combat in Iraq, stated he is strongly opposed to strikes against Syria, and will vote no, asserting that ”military intervention would make the situation worse and make us responsible for that conflict.”

Grimm, a former Marine who served in both Desert Shield and Desert Storm told CNN that he had lost faith in the administration “and their ability to do this in a manner that will benefit the United States.”

Collins said “he did not think Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey had made the case to the House Foreign Relations Committee, on which he sits. In some ways in my mind they actually gave more questions than they did answers, and I think the American people will see that.”

DeSantis said that he was opposed to Obama’s request. “Because we don’t have Americans in jeopardy, he is not really defending the United States,” asserting that  the only reason Obama is asking Congress for authorization is to give him “political cover.”

“The reality that he’s running into is the American people don’t want the intervention because they recognize that the people fighting the Syrian Government  are also hostile to American interests. So the outcome of this civil war would be an anti-American regime, and so the calls in my office and my colleagues’ offices are 95 to one against getting involved in Syria right now,” DeSantis said.

Stivers said the there was not enough of a national interest to warrant military action. Who cares?!.  

Dr. Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim