I have created a petition, President Obama: Don’t bomb side that didn’t use chemical weapons to favor side that did.  The wording might not be ideal because I had to shrink it to 75 characters.

My previous posts, Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack Carried Out by Rebels, Says UN (UPDATE) and In Rush to Strike Syria, US Tried to Derail UN Probe, show that it is quite likely that President Obama has identified the wrong side as the user of chemical weapons in Syria.

It would be a horrible miscarriage of justice and it would severely harm the interests of humanity if we were to punish the side that did not use chemical weapons in a way that could bring to power the people who did use chemical weapons.

If past history is any guide we will be saddled with the aftermath of this huge blunder for more than 50 years. See my previous post, A CIA Hand in an American ‘Coup’? about our legacy in Iran.

At least don’t let this horrible mistake be on your conscience.  Please sign the petition.  Please spread the word about this petition.

August 29, 2013

I changed the title of the petition to

President Obama: Don’t bomb the wrong side over the use of chemical weapons

When you sign the petition, the following email will go out:

To:
The President of the United States
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts
Rep. Edward Markey, Massachusetts-05
Rep. Richard Neal, Massachusetts-01
Barack Obama, President of the United States

Don’t bomb the wrong side over the use of chemical weapons

Sincerely,
[Your name]