WARMONGER CONG. SCHIFF MISREPRESENTS ANTI-WAR DISTRICT; ATTRACTS WIDESPREAD PROTEST
Appo K. Jabarian
Executive Publisher / Managing Editor
USA Armenian Life Magazine (English-language edition)
Hye Kiank Armenian Weekly (Armenian-language edition)
Literally dozens of media outlets around the world are flooded with
news accounts illustrating Syrian rebels’ acknowledgement of using
weapons of mass destruction.
However, CA Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) chooses to uphold lies
promoted by warmongers inside Obama administration and GOP, falsely
claiming “convincing evidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical
weapons against its citizens.”
Apparently Mr. Schiff prefers Secretary of State John Kerry’s attitude:
Don’t bother me with facts about WMD’s in-Syria, I have already made
up my mind.
While an official UN report about the use of chemical weapons in
Syria is in preparation, Dale Gavlak, a MintPress News Middle East
correspondent who has been freelancing for the AP in Amman, Jordan for
nearly a decade, filed a report refuting Obama administration’s false
claims: “Ghouta, Syria – As the machinery for a U.S.-led military
intervention in Syria gathers pace following last week’s chemical
weapons attack, the U.S. and its allies may be targeting the wrong
culprit. Interviews with people in Damascus and Ghouta, a suburb of the
Syrian capital, where the humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders
said at least 355 people had died last week from what it believed to
be a neurotoxic agent, appear to indicate as much. … The U.S. and
others are not interested in examining any contrary evidence, with
U.S Secretary of State John Kerry saying Monday that Assad’s guilt was
‘a judgment … already clear to the world.'”
Gavlak went on to underline: “However, from numerous interviews
with doctors, Ghouta residents, rebel fighters and their families, a
different picture emerges. Many believe that certain rebels received
chemical weapons via the Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin
Sultan, and were responsible for carrying out the deadly gas attack.”
On Wednesday, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA),
citing the community’s profound concern for the fate of Syria’s
Armenian population and the welfare of all of Syria’s citizens,
circulated letters across Capitol Hill calling on Members of the U.S.
House and Senate to oppose legislation authorizing U.S. strikes
against Syria.
“As our nation’s elected representatives gather this week to consider
potential U.S. actions against Syrian targets, we wish to add our
voice, as Americans of Armenian heritage, to those of our fellow
citizens who oppose American military strikes and are against any
escalation of violence. Such an escalation would very likely create
further challenges and lead to serious additional harm to Christian
communities, including Syria’s Armenian minority,” said ANCA Chairman
Ken Hachikian in letters to U.S. legislators. “We take this stand
mindful of the horrific human suffering that armed conflict has
already visited across Syria, including the death and destruction
being endured, to this day, by Armenians and other Christian
communities. There has already been too much bloodshed, too much
brutality, and too much suffering. An escalation in aggression can
neither save lives nor help bring about peace.”
Brittany Levine and Veronica Rocha of Glendale New Press reported
last week: “Leaders in local Syrian-Armenian community oppose U.S.
military actions. While President Barack Obama announced Friday that
any military action responding to chemical attacks in Syria would be
limited in scope, leaders in the Syrian-Armenian community in Glendale
said they oppose any armed response from the United States.”
As a result of Cong. Schiff’s unjustified belligerence against
Syria, several activists in his district have unleashed criticism
and announced a unified front to protest his misguided anti-Syria
actions in U.S. Congress.
Local activists and residents have joined nationally coordinated
actions starting immediately and lasting through Saturday, Sunday and
even Monday to tell individual members of Congress “NO NEW WAR! HANDS
OFF SYRIA! … We must stop them from yet another murderous military
attack justified by lies!”
Organizers include Arab Americans for Syria, BAYAN-USA, Global Women’s
Strike, International League for Peoples’ Struggle, Martin Luther
King Coalition, ANSWER-LA, United National Antiwar Coalition-LA, SOA
Watch-LA, Antiracist Action, International Action Center, Workers World
Party, Union del Barrio, Union of Progressive Iranians, Puerto Rican
Alliance, Los Angeles Peace Council, Southern California Immigration
Coalition, Los Angeles Chapter of National Lawyers Guild, Interfaith
Communities United for Justice and Peace, Full Rights for Immigrants
Coalition, KmB Pro-People Youth, Veterans For Peace, Association
of Filipinas, Feminists Fighting Imperialism, Re-feudalization,
and Marginalization (AF3IRM), March Forward!
Veterans, Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), Alliance for Just
and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, Frente Unido de los Pueblos
Americanos (FUPA), Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD),
Asociacion Simon Bolivar de Los Angeles, Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc,
and Minjok.com.
A group of activists representing various areas of Mr. Schiff s
district have cancelled their scheduled Sept 6 meeting with their
congressman and declared the same day and time as an impromptu protest
rendezvous condemning Congressman Schiff’s misrepresentations against
Syria.
On Sept. 3, several activists were alarmed when Mr. Schiff on
national TV made false claims about Syrian regime’s purported chemical
weapons’ use when in fact several Syrian rebels acknowledged using
Saudi-provided chemical weapons against innocent Syrian civilians.
Despite Mr. Schiff’s insistence that his constituents “understand the
importance of drawing a line against the use of chemical weapons”
against Syria, many firmly believe that western war hawks have
manufactured a new kind of WMD’s – Words of Mass Distraction that
deserve to be unmasked.
His constituents have signaled that they will not “tolerate his
support of unjust mass murder of innocent people in Syria.”
Instead of going after the real culprits, Obama and company are going
after the wrong party simply because their economic and political
agenda requires ‘punishment’ of secular and popular Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad’s regime for daring to pursue a pan-Arab political line
that is more aligned with the East (Russia, China, Iran) rather that
the West (Wall Street, western oil companies and military-industrial
complex).
Back in the sixties when the East-West cold war was in full swing,
most people were clueless about the underlying economic interests
pursued by western oil companies and other entities. With the advent of
post-cold-war era, the international community began to see through the
smokescreens under which western financial oligarchy pursued their own
interests to the detriment of Americans and other western democracies.
It’s amazing how anti-war candidate Barack Obama after becoming
President aligned himself with warmongers propagating an unjust war
against Syria.
Residents of California’s 28th congressional district are called
upon to:
– Participate in a mass call to oppose war on Syria by dialing
1-818-450-2900 to reach Mr. Schiff’s district office in CA;
– Participate in a protest rally this Friday 10 a.m. in front
of Mr. Schiff’s district office located at 245 E. Olive , Burbank
Ca 91502.
– Participate in a mass protest fax to his district office at
1-818-450-2928.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.armenianlife.com/2013/09/04/warmonger-cong-schiff-misrepresents-anti-war-district-attracts-widespread-protest/