The Washington Post reports that Washington’s bipartisan foreign policy elite is united in their passion for a new war in Syria, and is looking forward eagerly to Obama’s departure from office, because they see the Obama Administration as the key obstacle to their plans for a new war in Syria.
Reality-based comments like this from Obama Administration officials drive the bipartisan foreign policy elite up the wall:
“You can’t pretend you can go to war against Assad and not go to war against the Russians,” said a senior administration official who is involved in Middle East policy and was granted anonymity to discuss internal White House deliberations.
New York Representative Eliot Engel, who voted for the Iraq war and opposed the Iran nuclear deal is trying to promote a new war in Syria and undermine U.S. diplomacy with a bill that calls for the U.S. to impose a “no fly zone” against Russian and Syrian planes. Engel’s bill also attacks the Iran nuclear deal by re-imposing sanctions on Iran that were lifted in the deal.
Call your Representative now at (202) 224-3121. When you reach a staffer or leave a message, you can say something like:
“I urge you to oppose Engel’s bill HR 5732. This bill promotes a new war in Syria, undermines U.S. diplomacy, and undermines the Iran nuclear deal.”
When you’ve made your call, please report it below.
And if you haven’t signed our petition to the House against Engel’s war bill yet, you can do that here.