The U.S. is about to attack Syria. Here’s what you need to know:
 

• Bombing Syria will only strengthen the hardliners … and harm America’s national security. The top U.S. military commander says that attacking Syria would be risky and expensive

• A Syrian war could be one of the least popular wars in American history

• In fact, most of the world is against attacking Syria

• War against Syria could spike oil prices and plunge us back into another recession

• Russia has repeatedly stated that it would consider an attack on Syria as an attack on its national security. China has also strongly cautioned the U.S. against attacking Syria. China and Russia hold alot of U.S. debt, and could make life difficult for us economically if we unnecessarily anger them

• Experts have – so far – expressed doubts that chemical weapons were actually used

• The American government – in a replay of the Iraq war – is trying to stop UN weapons inspectors from seeing if chemical weapons were used

• If chemical weapons were used, it’s unclear who used them

• The U.S. has repeatedly falsely accused others of using chemical weapons

• The Syrian rebels have – apparently – previously used chemical weapons

• The U.S. has been backing Al Qaeda and other known terrorists in Syria

• A former Democratic Congressman said that a U.S. strike on Syria would make America “Al Qaeda’s Air Force“

• The U.S., Britain and Israel have used chemical weapons within the last 10 years

• “Humanitarian” wars usually don’t turn out very well

• Attacking Syria without Congressional approval would be unconstitutional

• The U.S. and Britain considered attacking Syrians and then blaming it on the Syrian government as an excuse for regime change … 50 years ago (the U.S. just admitted that they did this to Iran)

• The U.S. has been planning regime change in Syria for 20 years straight

• The U.S. has been arming the Syrian opposition since 2006

• America is not involved in Syria because that country poses a threat to America’s security … but for entirely different reasons

• Many see the timing of the Syria crisis as an attack by the U.S. government to distract from its domestic scandals. If you need a reminder about what’s going on inside our country, here’s a cheat sheet on spying.