Posted on 04/24/2017 5:11:39 AM PDT by davikkm
Theodore Postol, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), released a three-report series in response to the White House’s claim that Syrian President Bashar Al Assad attacked his own people with sarin gas, in which he concluded that the attack in Syria was staged.
Postol declared that the US government clearly provided no concrete evidence in support of Assad’s responsibility for the attack. He went on to say that it was likely perpetrated by actors on the ground.
Postol said: “I have reviewed the [White House’s] document carefully, and I believe it can be shown, without doubt, that the document does not provide any evidence whatsoever that the US government has concrete knowledge that the government of Syria was the source of the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria at roughly 6am to 7am on 4 April, 2017.” We did not wait for any investigation to come out. The narrative was already set. The media as always right in line. And anyone who said otherwise was demonized and silenced.
The United States reached the conclusion that Assad attacked his own people with chemical weapons earlier this year using planes from his Air Force based on a photograph of a crater containing a shell inside and some spotty reporting from disreputable characters on the ground, including the Al-Qaeda-linked White Helmets group. Assad is a horrible person, so of course he would do this. Why bother looking into the actual facts on the ground and the current situation in the crippled country?
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Postol’s analysis of the image of the shell suggest it could not have been dropped from an airplane as the damage of the casing is inconsistent from an aerial explosion. Instead, an explosive charge was likely laid upon the shell containing the gas by someone on the ground.
“The explosive acted on the pipe as a blunt crushing mallet,” Postol said. “It drove the pipe into the ground while at the same time creating the crater.”
Therefore, the attack in Khan Sheikhoun, an area still held by anti-government forces, was likely carried out by those same terrorist-linked forces in order to draw the US into the Syria conflict to assist in ousting Assad. And instead of waiting for the truth to come out, the neoconservative establishment in Washington in close coordination with the Deep State in our intelligence agencies got the word out that Assad was without a doubt responsible for gassing his own people.
And Trump gave in.
PUTIN: CHEMICAL ATTACK A FALSE FLAG TO DRAW US INTO CONFLICT
Pistol has previously put forward inconsistencies in US intelligence reports in the past. As in the 2013 chemical weapons attack on eastern Ghouta, Syria, when Assad apparently crossed Obama’s “red line,” the actual evidence did not support the claims of Assad’s responsibility then either. This finding was later confirmed by the United Nations.
Our intelligence agencies have become politicized. Focused on a dangerous agenda. Dedicated to waging a worldwide war in perpetuity. Truth is the first casualty in war.
“I have worked with the intelligence community in the past, and I have grave concerns about the politicisation of intelligence that seems to be occurring with more frequency in recent times – but I know that the intelligence community has highly capable analysts in it.” Postol said. “And if those analysts were properly consulted about the claims in the White House document they would have not approved the document going forward.”
The truth is all that matters. We must wait for all the information to come out. Quick conclusions become catastrophic in times like these.
Trump must tread more carefully in the mess that is Syria. Or it could become a calamity.
RON PAUL ON SYRIA GAS ATTACK: “ZERO CHANCE ASSAD DID THIS.”
Yes, yes, yes...
But what about Ivanka getting the sads when presented with those pictures?
I have no idea how credible this source/professor/article are, but chemical weapons typically do not use large explosives - as that would destroy most of the compounds they are trying to disperse. Bombs that just go ‘pop’ (usually above the ground, but not always) are the norm.
And I should believe this guy why?
Dr. Postol has a PHd in Physics from MIT and is a widely recognized weapons technology expert.
Theodore Postol, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) = Tool
Well, the “expert” stating Assad is guilty in this Sarin attack has a B.A. degree in Political Science from Texas Christian University and an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington DC.
Hmm..
Yeah but what is his Politics??? All things today are politics no matter the real Truth!
True, and why Trump responded is also political.
Well there's a big red flag.
MIT OR HARVARD. I don’t see any difference.
Thats ok. The 50 odd cruise missiles were “staged” as well.
Did each staging get its desired results?
Was there not a briefing that showed the flight path of planes from the base Trump later attacked? Did we have radar tracks? This report is an analysis of a paper, not a full investigation that includes classified material. Let me know when that analysis is available.
I suppose his politics are the same as they were in 2013 when he disproved the Obama administration claim that the Syrian government launched a gas attack on civilians by demonstrating the shell used to deliver the gas didn't have the range to be fired from Syrian government positions.
Well he did Pile it Higher and Deeper.
Israel just bombed Syria, not a mention here,
Oh, we know what Postol said must be legitimate, he appeared with Syrian girl on youtube.
What a joke.
Ukraine was a coup, Russian rebels did not shoot down an airliner over Ukraine and these gas attacks are all staged. Yeah, sure.
Now, Tajik police can find no existence of the St. Petersburg bomber:
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/tajik-police-say-theyre-found-no-trace-of-st-petersburg-bomb-suspect-57815 (Russian press btw)
But we are always to take the word from the unfree press of Russia.
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