This is an outrage! Take to the streets! Nationwide protests happening now against the bombing of Syria
April 13, 2018
Take to the streets tomorrow! For the third time in 15 years, the United States government has started a criminal war of aggression against a country and the peoples of the Middle East. Each imperial war is conducted under the pretext of a noble cause. The destruction of Iraq and Libya were conducted on the basis of false, lying propaganda. The illegal aggression against Syria likewise borrows from the George W. Bush playbook by insisting that this is all about chemical weapons.
Just as George W. Bush raced to go to war in Iraq in March 2003 to prevent weapons inspectors from verifying that Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction, Trump and the Pentagon raced to bomb Damascus before independent investigators could assess the facts about the alleged chemical attack. Just yesterday, Secretary of Defense Mattis said the United States has “no evidence” regarding the alleged chemical weapons attack.
As cruise missiles and bombs crashed into the Syrian capital of Damascus under the order of U.S. Commander in Chief Donald Trump, his critics in Congress and the corporate-owned media became his supporters. The great brotherhood of imperialism overcame domestic squabbles. Trump appears “presidential” once again.
We, the people of the United States, reject the notion of endless war, imperialism and militarism. We condemn Donald Trump and his rubber-stamp congress (including both parties) for conducting a criminal assault against the people of Syria.
The Pentagon and Trump administration are racing towards an expanded war in Syria, threatening potentially massive airstrikes that would violate international law, take countless lives, boost Qaeda-affiliated armed groups and could lead to an even wider regional war.
The Pentagon is looking for a way to make a permanent U.S. military presence in Syria and gain leverage to eventually carry out “regime change” in Syria, the same disastrous and destructive policy that they carried out in Iraq and Libya. They are using the allegation of a chemical weapons attack as a pretext for this new escalation. But on Thursday, April 12, Defense Secretary Gen. James (Mad Dog) Mattis admitted at the House of Representatives: “I cannot tell you that we had evidence, even though we had a lot of media and social media indicators that either chlorine or sarin were used.”
Nonetheless, Trump dangerously tweeted: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!'”
People from all over the country are holding demonstrations to say “No!” to a new war in the Middle East. No U.S. war against Syria!
Find a demonstration near you. Check out the list of announced actions below that ANSWER is calling or supporting. You can continue to check for new activities on our website or fill out this form to submit your protest for us to list.
If you do not see your city below, additional actions can be found on the Spring Action 2018 website as part of the ‘End the Wars at Home and Abroad’ Call to Action.
http://www.answercoalition.org/protests_to_stop_u_s_war_on_syria