War in Syria: Evidence? We dont need no stinkin evidence.Jon Rappoport HE SAYS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE BEING GIVEN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS THAT SYRIAN LEADER BASHAR ASSAD ORDERED THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS. So what do they do in these secret briefings? Show Congressmen a classified CIA handshake? Kill a pig? Hand out stacks of cash? Heres the thing, and remember it. Obama invited us all to the party. He said we had to take responsibility for going to war or not going to war. He said we were involved. The American people. And since thats the case, we have to see the evidence. Not just the report to the President. Not just the summary by the CIA. Not just the statement of Mr. Kerry-Heinz. Not just McCain looking up from his video poker game to remind us that we have to go to war to avoid undermining the credibility of the United States. Evidence is in the details. Put it all on the table. Now. Open it up. Open up the folders and the files and the statements. Otherwise, how can we make up our minds? Were not going on faith. Weve had enough of that. Obama says hes certain Assad used chemical weapons on his own people. Thats where we start. Prove it. Do you know what prove means? It means PROVE. Heres a novel idea. In these hearings that are taking place now, call to the stand 30 or 40 members of Congress whove had the confidential briefings and ask them: what in particular convinced you that Assad used chemical weapons on his own people? And accept NO generalities. Grill these Congressmen, press them, get down their necks, corner these weasels. Make them make their case. Oh, sir, you mean you saw photos of dead people? Is that it? Youve got nothing else? Sir, lets cut the crap. Youre basically telling this committee that you know Assad used chemical weapons on his own people because the CIA told you so. Right? When you boil it down, thats what youre saying. My ten-year-old daughter could do better than that. Evidence, when you get past the propaganda line, is a strange thing. You know why? Because its EVIDENCE. Thats right. It stands there and says, Hey, look at me, Im evidence. What do you think? Do I make sense? It can be questioned. It can be analyzed. People can chop away at it and defend it and turn it over in their hands and see it from several sides. Each piece of it. The federal government has certain departments that look at evidence and interpret it. And then they release conclusions. Thats all these people do. And were supposed to bow down and say, Well, those are the people who deal with evidence. We the people have nothing to do with that. Its hypnotism. Were supposed to accept that the government has people who handle evidence and were too stupid to take on the job ourselves. Thats the trance. And its a crock. We, the CIA, and allied intelligence agencies, declare that we OWN the area of discovering vital and secret information and then interpreting it. We dont just DO it. Were exclusively IN CHARGE of it. Every activity in society has a function and that function is delegated to some government department. You, the people, arent in charge of anything The government doesnt want us to look at evidence because it knows well ask questions and pry and poke and analyze it with more care and more righteous suspicion than they do. Minus the official agenda. There was a self-appointed citizen grand jury who did just that in the case of the Oklahoma City bombing. It was headed up by Charles Key. These people made the hypnotized official Grand Jury directed by official prosecutors look like idiots. What Charles Keys group discovered would fry your brain. Because they actually looked at the evidence and punched holes in it and found new and better evidence, and they didnt stop until it was obvious that the whole OKC bombing was a very different kind of op. So, in this situation, the war in Syria, were invited to the party, but not really. They dont want us to see the evidence because they know what wed do to it. Mr. Obama? You want us to bear the burden of responsibility for bombing Syria? You said that. All right, then we have to look at the evidence for ourselves. You see, thats what responsibility entails. If, on the other hand, that invitation to the party was just a straight con, and meant nothing, then okay. At least we know where we stand. But dont issue the invitation then. We dont need it and we dont want it. Also, just out of curiosity, is John Kerry alive? He looks like a corpse whos been re-animated in a castle in Transylvania. Just asking. And now, heres Putin. His boys have put together a 100-page report showing its the rebels who used chem weapons in Syria. They sent the report to the UN. Lets see it. The whole thing. Open it up. Put it side by side with the US intel assessment and compare and contrast. Somebody is going to say, This is ridiculous. The government cant expose everything they know, because it would compromise methods and sources and it could get agents and assets killed. Right. They always trot that one out. It ends all arguments. Okay, wow, I see. Yes. In that case, just keep all your secrets and tell us what to do and well do it. Tell us what to go along with and we will. Were the peons and youre the pros. Heres my response to that. One, the government frequently uses the excuse to hide information that wouldnt get anyone killed but would expose government crimes to the people. And two, needless and criminal wars also get people killed, and if government has the exclusive right to decide when to make war, were living in a fascist State. Why? Because those decisions are often made on the basis of issues miles removed from defending America. The invitation to the American people to participate in deciding whether to attack Syria? Its like sitting on a jury in a murder case and having the judge tell you you cant hear or see the evidence. Youre only going to hear witnesses spout generalities about whether they believe the defendant is innocent or guilty. Welcome to the charade, the con, the big lie, the imitation of reality. Jon Rappoport is the author of two explosive collections, The Matrix Revealed and Exit From the Matrix, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at www.nomorefakenews.com 