Sunday, September 8, 2013 File:Prof. Scott Lucas 1.jpg The United States President Barack Obama announced last Saturday he was seeking Congressional authorisation for military intervention in Syria. Looking for more-qualified input, Wikinews interviewed: professor Scott Lucas, an expert in American Studies, from the UK’s University of Birmingham; the President of the International American Council on the Middle East, Majid Rafizadeh; and, professor Eyal Zisser, a Syrian expert, from Tel Aviv