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RUSH: Folks, the Syria news today — it was bad yesterday. It was embarrassing yesterday. Today the whole world is laughing at us, and I am not kidding. Even liberals. Even these wacko Looney Tunes pajama-clad website posters, these progressives, as they call themselves. These people think Obama and Kerry are lying to \u2019em. They don\u2019t want another war. They don\u2019t want a single missile launched ever. They think they\u2019re being lied to. <\/p>\n

I mean, Obama doesn\u2019t even have his base on this. And according to whip counts and head counts right now, it looks like Obama\u2019s request for a congressional authorization for the use of force in the Syria isn\u2019t going to pass the House, after all, thanks to those obstreperous Republicans. Now, for those of you in Rio Linda, that means stubborn. So everything is going according to plan. Once again Obama will be able to blame the evil House Republicans for all of the nerve gas damage that\u2019s taking place in Syria. <\/p>\n

Now, you know, Vladimir Putin is saying that Obama and Kerry are lying. And I don\u2019t know about you, but I find myself to be in a really curious situation. Who do I believe, Vladimir Putin or Barack Obama and John Kerry? See, this may be a little tough to hear, but I know that John Kerry lies about things. I know that Barack Obama big time misrepresents things. That\u2019s what the whole Limbaugh Theorem is. I know liberals lie as a matter of course. They have to. We know that they lied about Benghazi and the stupid video. So here they\u2019re telling us one thing, and Putin says, “No, no, no, no, it\u2019s just the exact opposite.” <\/line><\/p>\n

Russia says they have compiled a 100-page report blaming the Syrian rebels for the chemical weapons attack, not Assad, just as we reported on this program on Tuesday. A 100-page report. Now, I don\u2019t know about you, but what does it feel like to have to agree with a former KGB agent? “The Russian statement warned the United States and its allies –” which, in this case, is France “– not to conduct a military strike against Syria until the United Nations had completed a similarly detailed scientific study into the August 21st attack.” Russia\u2019s done their own. It\u2019s a 100-page report. Russia has found that the Syrian rebels did the attack. <\/p>\n

Now, if you think, “Yeah, come on, Rush, don\u2019t fall for this. I mean, this is Putin. This is Russia.” I know. But the New York Times<\/a>, which is Obama\u2019s Bible, the New York Times: “Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West.” You see, the regime has tried once again to portray the rebels in Syria, the enemies of Bashar Assad, as innocent, harmless men, women and children being forced out of their homes, wandering aimless in the Syrian desert. Don\u2019t have any guns; don\u2019t have any weapons; don\u2019t have anything; don\u2019t have any food; don\u2019t have any water; don\u2019t have any nurse;, don\u2019t have any doctors. This is the picture, the rebels, the anti-Assad forces, people, I mean, they are God\u2019s gift. <\/p>\n

And even the New York Times: “The Syrian rebels posed casually, standing over their prisoners with firearms pointed down at the shirtless and terrified men. The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers.” It goes on to talk about how the Syrian rebels are a bunch of real bad guys. Criminals, thugs, lawless, not the picture of innocence. And so the New York Times is casting doubt on this whole thing as to who is responsible for launching or firing off chemical weapons. We have Putin calling Kerry a liar. <\/p>\n

In TheHill.com<\/a>, get this headline: “Obama Struggles to Convince Congress Syria Isn\u00c2\u2019t About Him.” Good Lord. Exactly as I think we mentioned on this program last week and this, that no matter what, it\u2019s all about Obama. How will what we do or don\u2019t do in Syria affect Obama? How will it affect the 2014 midterms? How will it affect Obama\u2019s legacy, all of that. Hill.com: “Obama Struggles to Convince Congress Syria Isn\u00c2\u2019t About Him — President Obama is struggling to convince lawmakers, foreign leaders and the public that military action in Syria isn\u00c2\u2019t about him.” That\u2019s hard to do. Because the entire last five years have been nothing but being all about Obama. And now Vladimir Putin is calling John Kerry a liar. <\/p>\n

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Let me posit something here. Do you think that it might be playing right into Putin\u2019s hands to put John Kerry in the position of war hawk? I mean, what is Kerry known for? Kerry is known for making things up and dissenting about Vietnam. He\u2019s known as an anti-war protester. He\u2019s known as somebody who believes the worst about the US military. He believed and testified about supposed atrocities committed by our Vietnam War military. <\/p>\n

When he was told that Marines in Iraq had raped and terrorized and killed women and children, he believed that! John Kerry is not known as a hawk. The closest John Kerry ever got to a hawk is when he retook Boston Harbor, heading into the third night of his convention. Remember that? They had some swift boat vets, the ones that had not bailed on him, and they got on board some yacht, and they sailed across Boston Harbor to the convention hall — with Kerry at the front of the yacht like he\u2019s commander.<\/p>\n

Master and commander of the southern seas or whatever. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s the only time Kerry appeared like a hawk<\/a>. So Obama has put John Kerry, one of the biggest doves and one of the biggest anti-war members of the US government, in charge of selling military action in Syria and being in favor of it! The biggest dove in the world! He\u2019s the biggest anti-war, the biggest anti-military person that Obama could find, John Kerry, and he put him in there. Do you think putting Kerry in this position plays right into Putin\u2019s hands? <\/p>\n

Putin can call Kerry a liar, and there\u2019s history. <\/p>\n

Putin can call Kerry a liar from day to day and have evidence for it. <\/p>\n

The thing is, Putin\u2019s a liar, too. Everybody in this play is a liar! So all that\u2019s left is to figure them both and try to piece together facts, and are there any facts? Do facts come from the Al-Qaeda rebels? Do they come from the Russians? Would anybody believe the UN? You know, Obama lied about the stimulus bill, he lied about Obamacare, he lied about the IRS, he lied about Fast and Furious, he lied about Benghazi. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got the sound bite coming up. We had a member of Congress actually ask Kerry about Benghazi and Fast and Furious, and Kerry just lost it! Oh, it\u2019s gonna be great when we get to these sound bites. So which liar are we supposed to believe here? The only person in the past month who\u2019s been honest about what he was doing was a rodeo clown in Missouri.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Let me grab a quick phone call here, late in the first hour. Even though it\u2019s not Open Line Friday, we\u2019ll start in the first hour on the phones with Dusty in Charleston, West Virginia. Great to have you on the program. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, thanks for taking my call, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You bet.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I was calling to make a point about Syria, that in just a matter of days we know everything about what happened. We know it was Assad, what chemical weapons he used, exactly how many people were killed, where and when it happened. But when it comes to our own debacles — what happened in Benghazi, with the IRS, Fast and Furious — months coming up on years now have passed, and we still don\u2019t know exactly what happened.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That is an excellent point. We can get all the dirt on Bashar Assad we want. We can get all the information on the rebels we want, we can get all the information on Putin we want, and we can blab it to the world. But when it comes to the anything about Obama and our own country and our own administration and our own administration\u2019s actions in various events, we don\u2019t know. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s an excellent point. Dusty, thanks.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: And we go to the Midland Park, New Jersey, heading back to the phones, as promised. Dave, it\u2019s great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (bad cell) Thank you for taking my call, Rush. I\u2019ve been listening for 20 years now.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Speaking of absence of leadership, how about absence of proof? We have yet to see any kind of proof. I mean, God, at least Colin Powell had a Lego setup and some black-and-white pictures, but who\u2019s asking for proof now? We\u2019re going on a five-second video kind of similar to what happened over there in Benghazi. Where\u2019s the proof? What do we have? Come on?<\/p>\n

RUSH: We have the word —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Gotta have something.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What do you mean? We have the word of Barack Obama! That\u2019s all we need.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s all we need?<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s all we\u2019ve ever needed.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (chuckles) Uh, I think we\u2019re in trouble.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Yeah. In fact, your question, in all seriousness, is really timely. Folks, I mentioned this earlier — and Dave, thanks for the call. This is really good. I mentioned this earlier. Who does Obama put in the position of selling this? One of the biggest anti-war figures in American history, John Forbes Kerry — who, by the way, served in Vietnam. He actually mentioned that in his testimony the other day. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a guy who believes the worst when told about the US military. We all know Kerry\u2019s story. So Obama puts him in there, and he\u2019s out trying to sell the use of force. What a gift to Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin is now saying Kerry is lying, and we\u2019ve got the audio of that. In fact, grab it. Grab sound bite number six. This is yesterday in Moscow during a speech to his Human Rights Council — which is a laugh, but nevertheless — Vladimir Putin said this about Kerry.<\/p>\n

PUTIN: (via translator) I\u2019ve watched the debates in Congress. A congressman asked Mr. Kerry, “Are Al-Qaeda in Syria? People say they\u2019ve gotten stronger there.” Kerry says, “No! I officially say they aren\u2019t there.” Main combat units of rebels in Syria, the so-called al-Nusra, is a unit of Al-Qaeda. Kerry and the others know about this. This wasn\u2019t nice to watch. We communicate with them and have seen that they\u2019re decent people. But then he goes and he lies openly, and he knows that he\u2019s lying. This is sad.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, it is. What the hell are we supposed to do as American citizens? We got a guy, John Kerry — who we know that we can\u2019t trust — and Vladimir Putin, a former KGB agent, in Russia. Who was it? Romney! Gosh, Romney! Romney was so on the money during the campaign when he talked about some of this foreign policy stuff. He said that Obama was making a big mistake putting any trust in Putin, any kind of alliance. This is being borne out. So here you\u2019ve got Putin calling Kerry a liar.<\/p>\n

Everybody on our stage is just diminished into a caricature, folks, a joke. So Dave there asks, “What is the evidence that they\u2019re using that the Syrian government\u2019s using nerve gas?” The press is now asking that question, by the way. In another telltale sign, the press is not unilaterally accepting Obama\u2019s word on this. They are asking, “Where\u2019s the proof for this? We\u2019re gonna send missiles and maybe boots on the ground. Where\u2019s the proof of this?” <\/p>\n

That is an offshoot from Iraq, and Kerry is citing intel sources. These are the same people that told us 10 years ago that we can\u2019t trust intel sources, that they\u2019ll tailor what they say for a president. These guys are coming back and they\u2019re being bitten by their own words. It\u2019s called being “hoisted by their own petard.” They\u2019re being bitten by their previous words. They haven\u2019t made the case. But, again, don\u2019t forget the real truth of this. All you need to know is Obama is counting on a “no” vote in the House so he can get the headline that we were just talking about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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