This post is to place on the record that both Senator Ron Wyden and Senator Jeff Merkley were placed on notice at about 4 a.m. on September 18, 2014 of the facts stated in my emails to them, reprinted below. That was many hours before both joined a majority of the Senate in authorizing President Obama to provide weapons and training to the Syrian opposition, ostensibly to fight the "terrorist organization," the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State.
That authorization was tucked in yesterday as an amendment to H.J.Res. 124 --- Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015, and became section 149 in the bill that passed the House a few hours later. The Senate passed the same bill today unaltered, without any debate allowed. That was a decidedly sneaky ambush method for Congress to authorize war against Syria, obviously designed to avoid public participation.
The authorization unless vetoed by President Obama plainly constitutes a declaration of war against the the nation of Syria.
My article from Thursday about the incredible legislation that was rammed through both houses of Congress in less than 24 hours, authorizing the arming of the Syrian opposition. And some curiosity about it: all major organizations in Syria that were fighting ISIL either stopped fighting ISIL or had their leadership blown to bits since Sept. 1.