War

Hermann Goering knows a thing or two about war.

"Naturally the common people don’t want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

It works.

Mises scholars' essays on 9/11.

Pat Buchanan knows who is stampeding America into war with Syria.

"Do the Israelis, who have instructed AIPAC to get Congress back in line behind a war Americans do not want to fight, care about those 100,000 dead Syrians and 400 gassed children?
Here is Alon Pinkas, Israel’s former general consul in New York, giving Israel’s view of the Syrian bloodletting: “Let them both bleed, hemorrhage to death. That’s the strategic thinking here.”
According to two polls reported this weekend by the Jerusalem Post, Israelis by 7-1 do not want Israel to go to war with Syria. But two-thirds of Israelis favor the United States going to war with Syria."

Why don't you and him fight. Includes description of the rebels' massacre of Christians.

More on AIPAC.

"The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington, plans to dispatch 300 of its members to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as part of a broad campaign to press Congress to back President Obama’s proposed strike on Syria, the group said Monday."

This is ridiculous.

Syria offers an opportunity to defeat AIPAC. Maybe in Congress, but Obama will attack at some point. The rebels will make another gas attack to force his hand.

Claim that US weapons are just now reaching Syrian rebels. Maybe more of them, but the CIA has been smuggling them there for two years.

Putin writes op-ed for New York Times.