Obama's Speech on Syria: Lies to Justify an Immoral War

Presentation and Q & A with Larry Everest, Revolution correspondent and author of Oil, Power and Empire.

The U.S. is threatening to strike Syria with planes and/or cruise missiles in the wake of reports of hundreds of deaths from chemical weapons in a rebel-held section of Damascus.

These attacks must be opposed with determined political protest and clear-eyed understanding of how they would make the situation worse.

The driving force behind escalated U.S. threats against Syria has little to do with this incident. And it has absolutely nothing to do with humanitarian concerns. It is essential people understand what is behind U.S. moves and not be duped into passive complicity with a U.S. attack on Syria that would make the situation much worse for the people of Syria, and the world...