Tell Congress: No rush to war & Why are we fighting someone else's war again? 16&10SEP14

ARE we the people going to let the military-industrial complex, the war profiteers of wall street and the Washington politicians mislead and deceive us into another war in Iraq, another Middle East war? Are we going to send our military to die and be wounded in countries where we, as a nation, are hated and despised? We can't even provide proper care and support for the wounded still returning from our war in Afghanistan and from our last war in Iraq? Tragic and brutal as the murders of James Foley and Steve Sotloff were, they do not justify the deaths and wounding of thousands more Americans. We do not have allies in the Arab Middle East, we have consumers of our weapons systems and business interest. American lives should not be sacrificed for corporate profits. Click the link to tell your senators NO MORE AMERICAN WARS in the Middle East. And remember, it was public outrage and outcry that prevented us from getting us involved in Syria last year. We have the power and can stop this march to war in Iraq and Syria. From +Daily Kos .....

War hawks are trying to rush us into yet another lengthy war without any questions or debate. We need to hit the pause button here, take a breath and remember what happened the last two times we did this.

Then, we need to make sure our elected officials take the time to ask the tough questions.

Sign and send a petition to your U.S. senators: Don’t rush to war. Now’s the time for debate.

War hawks like Dick Cheney and John McCain are beating the drum for new war in the Middle East—and, just as in 2003, most of the media are letting them make their case without criticism or questioning. Even Congress may allow new military intervention in the Middle East without so much as a floor debate or a vote to authorize it. This is unacceptable.

After a decade of war, Americans understand that military action has profound consequences. Congress needs to vigorously and publicly debate newly proposed action in the Middle East.

Tell your senators: No rush to war.

Keep fighting,
Chris Bowers 

Wed Sep 10, 2014 at 01:26 PM PDT

Why are we fighting someone else's war again?

Someone else's war. Not ours.

Everything I wrote here still stands. We've spent billions arming our Middle East allies to the teeth. They are the ones directly threatened by Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL. Not us.
So why is it us that have to do the fighting? It's their backyard, but they can watch comfortably as the United States bleeds trillions more to bail them out? Nice gig, if you can get it.
Let those directly threatened by Islamic State put their skin in the game.

Originally posted to kos on Wed Sep 10, 2014 at 01:26 PM PDT.

Also republished by Group W: Resisting War and Daily Kos.