China: Remember Bogus Excuses for Iraq War Before Attacking Syria

NewsMax ^ | 08/27/2013 | Reuters

[TexGrill]

BEIJING — An attack on Syria would be dangerous and irresponsible, and the world should remember the Iraq war was started by U.S. allegations of weapons of mass destruction which turned out to be false, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

The United States has served Syrian President Bashar al-Assad notice that it believes he was responsible for chemical weapons being used against civilians last week.

Military chiefs from the United States and its European and Middle Eastern allies have met in Jordan for what could be a council of war, should they decide to punish Assad, who has denied using chemical weapons and blamed rebels for the attacks.

Xinhua said that Western countries were rushing to conclusions about who may have used chemical weapons before U.N. inspectors had completed their investigation.

"Such rhetoric, as well as the recent flurry of consultations between Washington and its allies, indicates that they have put the arrow on the bowstring and would shoot even without a U.N. mandate," Xinhua said in an English-language commentary.

"That would be irresponsible and dangerous. For starters, the current scenario is reminiscent of the lead-up to the Iraq War, which the United States staged with allegations about weapons of mass destruction that later turned out to be false," it said.

Xinhua commentaries do not carry the same weight as government statements, but they can be read as a reflection of official Chinese thinking.

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[tflabo]

Guess we found out where Iraq’s WMD ended up-—in Syrian rebel hands. China just regurgitating that old lieberal canard that there were no WMD’s from the Iraq war. Surprise....

[tflabo]

Guess we found out where Iraq’s WMD ended up-—in Syrian rebel hands. China just regurgitating that old lieberal canard that there were no WMD’s from the Iraq war. Surprise....