Posted on 04/26/2013 9:07:44 AM PDT by JohnPDuncan
CBC out of Canada reports unnamed Syrian officials speaking to the Associated Press denying the use of chemical weapons against foreign jihadist 'rebels' within the country that seemed to surface yesterday and that were repeated by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
The report also quotes a Syrian lawmaker Sharif Shehadeh:
Shehadeh called the U.S. claims "lies" and likened them to false accusations that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction — a claim U.S. policymakers had used to justify the invasion of that country in 2003.
"What is being designed for Syria now is similar to what happened in Iraq when Colin Powell lied in the Security Council and said Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction prior to the U.S. invasion and occupation of that country," he said.
Meanwhile Israeli officials are calling for the US to respond to the now debunked assertion that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons:
"I think the U.S., as the leader of the Western world, should lead the efforts with our partners in Europe and Israel and to take action with what we're seeing happening today in Syria," Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon told CNN.
The question remains why Israel is so eager to see the collapse of the Assad regime. Do they believe they can control whatever Muslim Brotherhood puppet replaces him? If so this is extremely naive thinking from our Israeli friends as it would no doubt signal the start of an even longer and more protracted civil war. Also the evidence from Egypt suggests that when the Muslim Brotherhood takes control they immediately persecute Christians, re-write laws along fundamentalist religious grounds and cause political and social unrest.
Wrong. There were a lot of conservatives opposed to it including me and I’m sure if Senator Taft was with us he’d be opposed to it too.
[[What evidence? Sources please.]]
Do you own research troll- and NO they were not credibly discreditted -
[[The WMD claims came from people who had agenda and wanted to be put in power]]
Ummm- ok troll- have a ncie day
These people dont represent the whole of America. Jeez.
And yes Clinton and Kerry voted for the Iraq war.
This is the kind of bipartisanship I don’t like in DC.
do you like Ron Paul and think 9/11 was an inside job too.
Look at nearly every post I see of yours I see you have no idea or a clue about what you’re talking about, not sure where you get your views from but if I was you I’d start doing some research as you’re social studies books at your high school are wrong
Robert Taft, seriously? One of the originators of the FDA and the biggest food welfare program of all time, the American Relief Administration. Sure, he opposed the New Deal but that was about all he had going for him.
Robert Taft, the same guy who blamed the US for Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and opposed us going after Hitler and was on record as saying it didn’t matter if Hitler over-ran Europe because there is an ocean between us.
Conservative my ass. The only people who think he is Conservative are neo-hippie isolationists.
what on frigging earth are you on about , most Americans supported the Iraq war at the start .
Again how old are you and have you just reached voting age?
I’ve done research but if you’re claiming plenty of people said there were WMDs i’d appreciate sources to look at.
I’m not really an ideologue and i’m open to persuasion and debate.
Yes there were.
A Binary chemical shell of sarin was rigged a an IED in Iraq.
So were three mustard gas shells.
ONE shell is proof.
This is irrelevant what “most” supported. I dont care.
if 51% wanted the other 49% put in a prison camp that’s obviously wrong.
Well, they certainly don't care about the Syrian Christians who will get slaughtered.
[[not sure where you get your views from]]
Huffington post- no doubt- (and he claism we get our info from ‘baised sources’ lol)
[[if I was you I’d start doing some research as you’re social studies books at your high school are wrong]]
No no no- if the gubmint demands that kids be taugght that, then it must be true- can’t be false, because we know the left never has an agenda of their own or are caught in lie after lie after lie- oh wait- yes they are-
Taft blames America for the Japs attacking, funny how that sounds like the radical left and Ron Paul today.
This troll is not conservative, at best he;s a liberal-tarian and is confused as to what he is or what he thinks and certainly is way out there
Will be happy to look at sources
Reminds me of the “JohnGalt/Burkeman1” tag team of denial in support of the left and their talking points.
[[i’d appreciate sources to look at.]]
Bs- you wouldn’t appreciate the turth- you claim you’ve doen hte research yet you are sittign htere callign all thsoe who testified, and claiomign hte reports leaked to the world are all lies- callign htem liars- whatever-
I’m more likely to read American Conservative Magazine than the Huffpost but keep trying to label me left-wing which I am so not.
Huffpo hero Clinton voted for the Iraq war...
Liberals are stupid and the biggest hypocrites on the planet.
Oh, also, Robert Taft opposed the Neuremberg trials against the Nazis. He actually thought that Nazi military leaders taking part in wartime actions, should have been tried under civilian rules.
Also, Taft was one of the authors of the 1949 National Housing Act, one of the biggest welfare programs of the time that led to housing projects and turned urban areas from diverse, peaceful areas to centers of crime- all funded by USGov.
Again, conservative my ass.
Usually those aren't "Or" conditions.
every post I see he;s plain out and out whacky la la land.
I guarantee what we have here is a kid who just left high school and now thinks his text books from his high school were right and the websites he goes on like Huff post or Ron Paul for President is telling him the truth.
I saws once where he said a certain official was a social conservative because , get this, because he;s been baptized in the episcopal church.
I kid you not
Who are all these people ? Names?
i’m open to looking at evidence.
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