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Ron Paul:

«Every Member ought to vote against this reckless and immoral use of the US military». He added, «I disagree with the idea that every conflict, every dictator, and every insurgency everywhere in the world is somehow critical to our national security», Paul said. «That is the thinking of an empire, not a republic. It is the kind of thinking that this president shares with his predecessor and it is bankrupting us and destroying our liberties here at home». Says Retired Representative , the congressional old timer,  it would be «reckless and immoral» for the United States to intervene in the country’s civil war.

Paul’s son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, has asserted that he too is against military intervention in Syria. He voted «no» on September 4 and opposed the legislation to arm the Syrian rebels earlier this year by saying such a move would boost al Qaeda.

Dennis Kucinich:

On August 28, 2013 former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) told The Hill that airstrikes on Syria would turn the U.S. military into «Al Qaeda’s air force».  The outspoken anti-war activist said any such action would plunge the United States into another war in the Middle East and embolden Islamist militants fighting Bashar Assad’s regime. «So what, we’re about to become Al Qaeda’s air force now?» Kucinich said. «This is a very, very serious matter that has broad implications internationally. And to try to minimize it by saying we’re just going to have a ‘targeted strike’ — that’s an act of war. It’s not anything to be trifled with».

"The pathetic attempt at media “debate” surrounding Obama’s imminent plan to bomb Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack – which morphed from a couple of hours of feigning scepticism straight into accepting unsubstantiated western allegations as fact, and then repeating them verbatim – all have one common theme: that of a reluctant Obama, unwilling to sacrifice “boots on the ground” and desperate to avert wider regional conflict in another endless war in the Middle East.

Yet, upon analysing the conflict from a realistic perspective – which was from the onset, a sectarian, foreign-funded insurgency – as opposed to the corporate-media, and western politician’s manufactured fantasy-narrative of a “democratic grass-roots uprising” – it becomes clear that the reluctant facade of Obama has also been manufactured from false media narratives – propagated by the government “sources” that shape them." 

poste by: Matthias Klostermayr is a former blogger and journalist, who regularily travels to the Middle East.Matthias Klostermayr, a former blogger and journalist, has many experiences in the Middle East and has decided to concentrate on the developments and events in this region. He is an independent author at the website of SyriaNews and his articles only present his opinions and experiences. He has lived in different regions and currently resides in a small German town. He traveled to (and through) Syria despite the ongoing conflict in the Arab nation and is currently writing his first novel about his experiences in terms of the "world policy". Matthias Klostermayr is a pseudonym to protect his privacy.