US Senator Richard Black: "We Have Never Done Anything More Loathsome or Despicable Than What We're Doing in Syria." http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/07/us-senator-we-have-never-done-anything.html (Slightly slow to start, but some amazing quotes and some (new for me) historical facts from this one. A very small sampling: " the CIA could not go before Congress and say, “Look, we intend to attack a neutral, non-belligerent country, where the people are happy, prosperous, and enjoy greater women’s rights and religious freedom than any other Arab nation; we’re going to rip it to shreds, we’re going to open up a torrent of bloodshed: Please give us an appropriation so we can purchase weapons to do it.” " " Within three days from the city of Hama, 70,000 Christians streamed into Damascus; why Damascus? Because they knew that President Assad would protect the Christians. He would protect anyone who was under attack by the Muslim Brotherhood. " " if you want to consider whether the people of Syria are for or against their government and their President, just consider this: Syria has a population of 23 million people. It is in the sixth year of a war in which it has been opposed by the United States, Great Britain, France, NATO, the European Union,... " " Where have we [USA] come?! What has come of this country?! " " Extremely reckless, nearly an insane American policy, driven by Saudi wealth that lines the pockets of top people in this country. It’s sad. " )