Redlighting Cruise Missile Attack on Syria?
Can public opinion in the US and around the world actually stop a senseless and dangerous military action before it takes place? Maybe. To all appearances, it looked as if the US, the UK and France were all set to launch the quick little military intervention in Syria they had cooked up, a punitive strike enforcing Pres. Obama's red line against chemical weapons. Then the British Parliament blinked. Pres. Obama suddenly reversed course and handed the matter over to the US Congress. And he had a little chat with Vladimir Putin at the G20 meeting.
The MoveOn.org vigil against Syrian bombing Monday night took place at a very fluid time. Based on an apparently off-the-cuff remark by John Kerry, the Russian foreign minister jumped in with a plan for Syria to turn its chemical weapons over to international supervision, a proposal that seemed to quickly gain real traction. At the same time, Harry Reid postponed Thursday's scheduled Senate vote.
As the vigil Monday night on the Capitol Square started to break up, this scene on upper State Street, complete with red lights, seemed to capture the moment when it seemed the rush to bomb Syria might actually be stopped. Will it really happen? Public opinion will be a real factor -- let your Senators and Representative know how you feel. And stay tuned for Pres. Obama's address to the nation tonight.
Redlighting Cruise Missile Attack on Syria?
Can public opinion in the US and around the world actually stop a senseless and dangerous military action before it takes place? Maybe. To all appearances, it looked as if the US, the UK and France were all set to launch the quick little military intervention in Syria they had cooked up, a punitive strike enforcing Pres. Obama's red line against chemical weapons. Then the British Parliament blinked. Pres. Obama suddenly reversed course and handed the matter over to the US Congress. And he had a little chat with Vladimir Putin at the G20 meeting.
The MoveOn.org vigil against Syrian bombing Monday night took place at a very fluid time. Based on an apparently off-the-cuff remark by John Kerry, the Russian foreign minister jumped in with a plan for Syria to turn its chemical weapons over to international supervision, a proposal that seemed to quickly gain real traction. At the same time, Harry Reid postponed Thursday's scheduled Senate vote.
As the vigil Monday night on the Capitol Square started to break up, this scene on upper State Street, complete with red lights, seemed to capture the moment when it seemed the rush to bomb Syria might actually be stopped. Will it really happen? Public opinion will be a real factor -- let your Senators and Representative know how you feel. And stay tuned for Pres. Obama's address to the nation tonight.