America’s Israel Lobby Demands “Direct Military Strikes” Against Syria

“The objectives should be … to ensure that Assad’s chemical weapons no longer threaten … our allies in the region”

The names of the “experts” seeking a “decisive response” against Syria:

Karl Rove
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
Ammar Abdulhamid
Ambassador Robert G. Joseph Elliott Abrams
Dr. Robert Kagan
Dr. Fouad Ajami
Lawrence F. Kaplan
Michael Allen
James Kirchick
Dr. Michael Auslin
Irina Krasovskaya
Gary Bauer
Dr. William Kristol
Paul Berman
Bernard-Henri Levy
Max Boot
Dr. Robert J. Lieber
Ellen Bork
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer
Tod Lindberg
Matthew R. J. Brodsky
Mary Beth Long
Dr. Eliot A. Cohen
Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken
Senator Norm Coleman
Dr. Michael Makovsky
Ambassador William Courtney
Ann Marlowe
Seth Cropsey
Clifford D. May
James S. Denton
Dr. Alan Mendoza
Paula A. DeSutter
David A. Merkel
Dr. Larry Diamond
Dr. Joshua Muravchik
Dr. Paula J. Dobriansky
Ambassador Andrew Natsios
Thomas Donnelly
Governor Tim Pawlenty
Dr. Michael Doran
Martin Peretz
Mark Dubowitz
Danielle Pletka
Dr. Colin Dueck
Dr. David Pollock
Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt
Arch Puddington
Ambassador Eric S. Edelman
Douglas J. Feith
Randy Scheunemann
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Dan Senor
Abe Greenwald
Ambassador John Shattuck
Christopher J. Griffin
Lee Smith
John P. Hannah
Henry D. Sokolski
Dr. Jeffrey Herf
James Traub
Peter R. Huessy
Ambassador Mark D. Wallace
Dr. William Inboden
Michael Weiss
Bruce Pitcairn Jackson
Leon Wieseltier
Ash JainKhawla
Yusuf Dr. Kenneth Jensen
Robert Zarate
Allison Johnson
Dr. Radwan Ziadeh

Source

The list above corresponds closely with the PNAC signatories whom demanded war on Iraq:

Persons associated with the PNAC

Project directors

[as listed on the PNAC website:]

William Kristol, Co-founder and Chairman[1] Robert Kagan, Co-founder[1] Bruce P. Jackson[1]

Mark Gerson[1] Randy Scheunemann[1]

Project staff

Ellen Bork, Deputy Director[1] Gary Schmitt, Senior Fellow[1][51] Thomas Donnelly, Senior Fellow[1] Reuel Marc Gerecht, Senior Fellow[1]

Mitch Jackson, Senior Fellow Timothy Lehmann, Assistant Director[1] Michael Goldfarb, Research Associate[1]

Former directors and staff

• Daniel McKivergan, Deputy Director^[52]

Signatories to Statement of Principles

Elliott Abrams[5] Gary Bauer[5] William J. Bennett[5] John Ellis “Jeb” Bush[5] Richard B. Cheney[5] Eliot A. Cohen[5] Midge Decter[5] Paula Dobriansky[5] Steve Forbes[5] Aaron Friedberg[5] Francis Fukuyama[5] Frank Gaffney[5] Fred C. Ikle[5]

Donald Kagan[5] Zalmay Khalilzad[5] I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby[5] Norman Podhoretz[5] J. Danforth Quayle[5] Peter W. Rodman[5] Stephen P. Rosen[5] Henry S. Rowen[5] Donald Rumsfeld[5] Vin Weber[5] George Weigel[5] Paul Wolfowitz[5]

Signatories or contributors to other significant letters or reports^[15]

Elliott Abrams[9][11] Kenneth Adelman[53] Richard V. Allen[19] Richard L. Armitage[11] Gary Bauer[19][53] Jeffrey Bell[19][53] William J. Bennett[9][11][19][53] Jeffrey Bergner[9][11][19] John Bolton[9][11] Ellen Bork[53] Rudy Boschwitz[19] Linda Chavez[53] Eliot Cohen[14][19][53] Seth Cropsey[19] Midge Decter[19][53] Paula Dobriansky[9][11] Thomas Donnelly[14][19][53] Nicholas Eberstadt,[19][53][54] Hillel Fradkin[19][53][55] Aaron Friedberg[19] Francis Fukuyama[9][11][19] Frank Gaffney[19][53] Jeffrey Gedmin[19][53] Reuel Marc Gerecht[19][53] Charles Hill[19][53] Bruce P. Jackson[19][53] Eli S. Jacobs[19] Michael Joyce[19] Donald Kagan[14][19][53] Robert Kagan[9][11][14][19][53] Stephen Kantany Zalmay Khalilzad[9][11]

Jeane Kirkpatrick[19] Charles Krauthammer[19] William Kristol[9][11][14][19] John Lehman[19][53] I. Lewis Libby[14] Tod Lindberg[53][56] Rich Lowry[53] Clifford May[19][53] John McCain[57] Joshua Muravchik[53] Michael O’Hanlon [58][59] Martin Peretz[19][53] Richard Perle[9][11][19][53] Daniel Pipes[53] Norman Podhoretz[19][53] Peter W. Rodman[9][11][19] Stephen P. Rosen[14][19][53] Donald Rumsfeld[9][11] Randy Scheunemann[19][53] Gary Schmitt[14][19][51][53] William Schneider, Jr.[9][11][19][53] Richard H. Shultz[19][60] Henry Sokolski[19] Stephen J. Solarz[19] Vin Weber[9][11][19] Leon Wieseltier[19] Marshall Wittmann[19][53] Paul Wolfowitz[9][11][14] R. James Woolsey[9][11][53] Dov Zakheim[14][61] Robert B. Zoellick[9][11]

The Ziocons above were preceded by these self described “intellectuals” on 8 April 2013:

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with the millions of Syrians who have been struggling for dignity and freedom since March 2011. We call on people of the world to pressure the Syrian regime to end its oppression of and war on the Syrian people. We demand that Bashar al-Asad leave immediately without excuses so that Syria can begin a speedy recovery towards a democratic future.

Since March 2011, Asad’s regime has steadily escalated its violence against the Syrian people, launching Scud missiles, using weapons banned by the Geneva Convention such as cluster bombs and incendiary munitions, and using aerial bombardment. The regime has detained and tortured tens of thousands of people and committed untold massacres. It has refused political settlements that do not include Asad in power, and it has polarized the society through strategic acts of violence and by sowing seeds of division. The regime has also, since the early days of the uprising, sought to internationalize the crisis in order to place it within geopolitical battles that would only strengthen the regime. Staying true to the logics of an authoritarian regime, Asad could never accept the legitimate demands of the Syrian people for freedom and dignity. Thus, there is no hope for a free, unified, and independent Syria so long as his regime remains in power. … Full text

Frederic Jameson (Duke University, United States)

Tariq Ali (British Pakistani writer, journalist, and filmmaker, United Kingdom/ Pakistan)

Ilan Pappe (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)

Etienne Balibar (Columbia University, United States/ France)

Nigel Gibson (Emerson college, United States/ Britain)

Norman Finkelstein (American researcher and writer, United Sates)

John Holloway (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, United States/ Mexico)

Vijay Prashad (Trinity College, United States/ India)

Salameh Kaileh (Intellectual, Syria/Palestine)

Bill Ayers (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States)

Bernardine Dohrn (Northwestern University, United States)

Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University, United States/Palestine)

Lieven de Cuater (Philosopher, Belgium)

Jihane Sfeir (l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, Lebanon/ Belgium)

Jean-Pierre Filiu (Institut d’études politiques de Paris, France)

Farouk Mardam Bey (Intellectual, Syria)

Faraj Bayrakdar (Poet, Syria)

Ziad Majed (American University of Paris, Lebanon/ France)

Kamal Bandara (Intellectual, Tunisia)

Francois Burgat (CNRS, France)

Adam Shapiro (Activist, United States)

Razan Ghazzawi, (Activist, Syria)

Yassin el-Haj Saleh (Intellectual, Syria)

Thierry Boissière (Institut français du Proche-Orient, France)

Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison (universitaire, France)

Jens Hanssen (University of Tornoto, Canada/ Germany)

Ghassan Hage (The University of Melbourne, Australia/ Lebanon)

Hani al-Sayed (American University of Cairo, Syria/ Egypt)

Hazem al-Azmeh (Intellectual, Syria)

Sadri Khiari (Intellectual, Tunisia)

Oussama Mohamad (Film maker, Syria/ France)

Jihad Yazigi (Journalist, Syria)

Saad Hajo (Cartoonist, Syria)

Wendy Brown (UC Berkeley, United States)

R. Radhakrishnan (UC Irvine, United States/ India)

Ann Ferguson (Philosopher, United States)

Samir Aita (Le Monde Diplomatique editions arabes, Cercle des Economistes Arabes)

Santiago de Rico Alba (Philosopher, Spain)

Asef Bayat (University of Illinois, USA)

Chela Sandoval (University of California, Santa Barbara)

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