
In an interview with National Journal, Adelson said he stands behind the White House's push for American military action against the Syrian government. Perhaps as important: Adelson said he's ready, if asked, to roll up his sleeves and help Obama - the "commander in chief," as he repeatedly called him - corral the needed votes in Congress for a strike.
"He is our commander in chief, whether we like what he says politically or not," Adelson said late Monday evening.
The 80-year old Republican, one of the most influential GOP moneymen in the nation, is no Obama apologist. He's still the financier who spent, along with his wife, nearly $100 million trying to defeat Democratic candidates, Obama chief among them, last year. But he is also a pro-Israel hawk who said that America's standing in the world is at stake in the showdown with Syria over chemical weapons.
"I would be willing to help out the administration because I believe it's the right thing to do. He is our only - we don't have any other commander in chief," he said.
The comments are Adelson's first public remarks on the Syria situation, although the Republican Jewish Coalition, an advocacy group that he chairs, did support a Syria strike last week. His offer of a helping hand comes as Russia floated a diplomatic solution in which Damascus would cede its chemical weapons to avoid a strike, something Obama called a potential "breakthrough" on Monday.
Comment: This is a stunningly blatant example of how a handful of billionaires completely control the US government. These billionaires want to start a war with Syria because it is GOOD FOR BUSINESS. They make big money off of every bullet and bomb sold, and they reap insane profits from the natural resources stolen from the indigenous populations in the invaded countries. The fact that thousands of innocent Syrians will be slaughtered does not matter to them in the slightest. The fact that American solders will be killed doesn't phase them either. They have no morals, ethics, or empathy... all they have is a pathological, unending desire for more power and money, and they don't care who dies, as long as they get it..