Classified: Senators Hide Their Votes on Arming Syrian Fighters from Public
Friday, August 2, 2013 5:13
“The only thing dumber than a Democrat or a Republican is when those pricks work together.
You see, in our two-party system, the Democrats are the party of no ideas and the Republicans are the party of bad ideas.
It usually goes something like this.
A Republican will stand up in Congress and say, ‘I’ve got a really bad idea.’
And a Democrat will immediately jump to his feet and declare, ‘And I can make it sh*ttier.’” –Lewis Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kqfDqDB8uzE
fromthetrenchesworldreport.com:
Classified: Senators Hide Their Votes on Arming Syrian Fighters from Public
Common Dreams – by Sarah Lazare
Debate and positions on controversial military aid shrouded in secrecy, conjuring memories of Iraq War buildup.
After the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week passed the Obama administration’s controversial plan to funnel arms to Syrian rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the vote and debate remain hidden from the public under the label of “classified” information.
McClatchy reported on Tuesday:
There was no public debate and no public vote when one of the most contentious topics in American foreign policy was decided – outside of the view of constituents, who oppose the president’s plan to aid the rebels by 54 percent to 37 percent, according to a Gallup Poll last month.
In fact, ask individual members of the committee, who represent 117 million people in 14 states, how they stood on the plan to use the CIA to funnel weapons to the rebels and they are likely to respond with the current equivalent of “none of your business:” It’s classified.
Those were, in fact, the words Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chair of the committee, used when asked a few days before the approval was granted to clarify her position for her constituents. She declined. It’s a difficult situation, she said. And, “It’s classified.”
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