| For Immediate Release | Press Contact: Eugene Puryear, 434-242-8672 |
Demonstration at the White House
TODAY – Thursday, August 29
“Hands Off Syria! No U.S. Intervention”
Today – Thursday, August 29 – individuals and organizations from around the Washington, D.C., area will be gathering in front of the White House demanding “Hands Off Syria – No U.S. Intervention!” Representatives a diverse group of anti-war, social justice and community organizations will speak at a rally.
This is one of many protests taking place nationwide.
With overwhelming opposition amongst the American people towards a war against Syria, today’s rally will be a clear expression of the discontent that is going completely unrecognized by American political leaders.
The pretext for attacking Syria is the allegation that the Syrian government used chemical weapons last week in the suburbs of the capital, Damascus, just after a UN team had arrived in the country to investigate an earlier alleged use of chemical weapons. President Obama declared over a year ago that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government would cross a “red line,” triggering U.S. military action.
The idea that the Syrian government would launch a chemical weapons attack exactly at the moment when the UN team was in the country investigating chemical weapons defies all logic.
In a sign of their total disregard for the truth, the United States government has declared, in advance of any actual investigation, that the Syrian government is guilty of using chemical weapons. U.S. officials have stated that the United Nations weapons inspection team, which is today at the site near Damascus where hundreds of people died last week, is “too late.” In other words, the United States, along with Britain and France — the former colonizers of the region — have decided to use chemical weapons as an excuse to go to war.
The White House rally is one of many demonstrations taking place nationwide.
Click here to see a list of other demonstrations taking place across the country on Aug. 29 and beyond.
