Syria: We're told we're at war to fight ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State but in a Congressional hearing that took place the week before the Paris attacks, State Department officials were talking about a different goal. In this episode, highlights from that House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. What are we really doing in Syria? Executive Producer: Anonymous Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! The Syria War For context and background, please listen to , from August 2013. Audio Sources Hearing: , House Foreign Affairs Committee, November 4, 2015. Video: YouTube: , PressTV News Video, November 19, 2015. YouTube: by YouTube: , Additional Information Syria Map: , June 24, 2015. Map: , U.S. Department of Energy, updated June 24, 2015. Article: by Elena Holodny, Business Insider, September 29, 2015. Map: , Business Insider, September 29, 2015 Article: by Micah Zenko, The Foreign Policy Group, October 19, 2015. Paris Attacks Article: by Ian Black, The Guardian, November 14, 2015. Article: by David Graham, The Atlantic, November 15, 2015. ISIS Message about Paris Attacks: "Let France and those who walk in its path know that they will remain on the top of the list of targets of the Islamic State, and that the smell of death will never leave their noses as long as they lead the convoy of the Crusader campaign, and dare to curse our Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, and are proud of fighting Islam in France and striking the Muslims in the land of the Caliphate with their planes, which did not help them at all in the streets of Paris and its rotten alleys" Article: by Alissa Rubin and Anne Barnard, November 15, 2015. Anne Patterson Biography Wikipedia: Article: by Josh Rogin and Eli Lake, The Daily Beast, July 10, 2013. Article: by Juan Forero, New York Times, August 17, 2001. Victoria Nuland Biography Wikipedia: Essay: by William Kristol and Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs Magazine (published by The Council on Foreign Relations), July/August 1996 Issue Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: by (found on by mevio) Cover Art Design by