On today’s BradCast: Yes, it matters why we go to war and when we go to war and where we go to war — even if the U.S. media (right, left and center) and U.S. Congress (Republicans and Democrats) would rather not discuss it. [Audio link to show follows below.]
But, first today: As Donald Trump nears his 100th day as President and Congress returns from their two week Easter recess, the news fire hose is back on, with House Republicans announcing a new amendment to their previously failed scheme to try and repeal and replace Obamacare. The new plan will likely cover less and be even worse for the sick and elderly than their previous plan, but it does exempt members of Congress and their staffers from the worst of it. At the same time, Trump’s Treasury Department has unveiled a hastily-released, deficit-increasing, “trickle down”, tax cut for corporations and individuals. And, in more desperation to distract from his lack of success during his first 100 days, Trump also goes to war with Canada! (a trade war anyway…and via Twitter!).
Then: On that whole war thing, where we now, apparently, bomb sovereign nations without discussion, debate, authorization, media skepticism or evidence — Listeners ring in with calls, comments and emails in response to our interviews earlier this week with MIT Professor Emeritus Theodore Postol and with Consortium News’ Robert Parry, both of whom question the evidence hastily released in a White House report on April 11 to justify Trump’s April 6 cruise missile attack on Syria. That attack is said to have been in response to a deadly April 4 chemical weapons incident two days earlier in the rebel-held province of Idlib. But why have the U.S. media failed to question the evidence presented by Trump (not by the U.S. Intelligence Community), and why has Congress failed to debate, much less Constitutionally authorize, Trump’s military action? And, hey, why does it all matter anyway, since everyone knows Bashar al-Assad is a bad guy and every President needs a military “doctrine” after all?! We discuss all of that and much more today…since, apparently, somebody has to.
Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest (unusually encouraging) Green News Report and with a heads up in advance of this weekend’s People’s Climate March…
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True progressives are TRAPPED between Trump’s madness and the mainstream Democratic Party’s money-corrupted clinging to sick establishment policies that are both anti-peace and anti-middle class.
For Progressives ONLY (no DNC-centrists allowed):
http://thesuspicionist.blogspot.com/2017/04/for-progressives-time-for-new-party-and.html
Not on Brad’s show but today on Thom Hartmann: shocked to hear so-called “intelligent” Thom repeating STUPIDITY about the bombing of Khan Sheikoun by the Syrian Arab Air Force.
He suggested it could’ve been an ISIS Chemical Weapons depot hit by standard bombs.
This ignorant comment shows total lack of understanding that ISIS and the heroic Opposition to Assad have been at total War since 2013, in which the FSA leader was executed by ISIS.
There is zero chance any ISIS weapons depots are in that town, no reason to keep bombing it.
As mockingly pointed out by commentator Malcomb Nance on another show, any explosives would have destroyed the chemical agents, presumably cooked up by degenerate terrorists. A ridiculous proposition floated by who else, the GUILTY Bashar Assad himself.
Pathetic liberals rush to believe the killer professing innocence, then nothing need be done, and especially President Trump not granted a single kudo for a good decision. Going to Congress to beg for approval for launching a Punitive Strike just guarantees no targets to hit even if approved 2-3 weeks later. In 2013 Assad was moving weapons into residential areas for example.