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Is Assad Guilty Of Using Chemical Weapons On His Own People? Maybe Not
Christian's Worldview ^ | 4-6-16 | Chuck Ness

Posted on 04/06/2017 12:20:38 PM PDT by OneVike

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I started writing this yesterday morning, but had to take my wife shopping before I finished. When we got home I had way too many distractions to think. So I got a good nights rest and came into my office this morning to finish it.

After finishing it, I was struck by how shared my point of view. I almost deleted the article since it's now old news in today's world of ever changing news cycles.

I guess I don't feel so much like a kook as I did when I first started writing this though.

1 posted on 04/06/2017 12:20:38 PM PDT by OneVike
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To: OneVike

At least it was therapeutic.

And, FWIW, I agree with you. The entities that would benefit from this are mostly Sunni, who want to play “Let’s you and him fight” between the US and Russia. Turks and Saudis come to mind first. The Turks have means, motive, and probably opportunity.

The Israelis? Not really their style, and frankly, I think they’d rather have an uneasy peace with Assad than an ISIS-oriented entity in control of Syria.


2 posted on 04/06/2017 12:26:39 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: OneVike

I do not think trump is stupid. And I also think there is plenty of evidence strongly suggesting that Assad did not perform a gas attack.

What this means is that if Trump does respond militarily against Syria, either there is compelling evidence we don’t know about, or Trump is part of the problem.


3 posted on 04/06/2017 12:27:40 PM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: OneVike

One of the prime goals of the Obama administration was to get rid of Assad - because he was not willing to let ISIS have their way in his country.


4 posted on 04/06/2017 12:28:07 PM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: OneVike

Oops. Third option: Trump actually knows it wasn’t Assad and has no plans whatsoever to act militarily and has something completely different up his sleeve.


5 posted on 04/06/2017 12:28:37 PM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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The initial reporting relies heavily on the testimony of one Dr. Shajul Islam

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3541437/posts

He certifies that the people died of poison gas and that it was Sarin due to the constricted pupils in the eyes of the victims.

How credible is Dr. Shajul Islam?

Lets search his name and see what we find

Okey, dokey.

It seems the good Dr. Shajul Islam carries a bit of ISIS Jihadi baggage which may impeach his credibility a teensy weenie bit.

The first few articles of about 10 pages of google references on Dr. Shajul Islam

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2014/9/18/101216/218/wariniraq/ISIS-Major-Change-of-Hostage-Media-Strategy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11049953/Net-closes-on-Jihadi-John-as-London-pair-probed.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3711118/Russia-airstrikes-killing-women-children-MISSING-ISIS-Struck-Brit-NHS-doctor-accused-kidnapping-Western-hostages-treating-bomb-victims-Syria.html

http://nypost.com/2014/08/22/hunt-for-jihadist-who-killed-james-foley-intensifies/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/20/james-foley-s-executioner-was-one-of-many-british-jihadis-in-isis.html

Well, now I'm convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that Assad and Russia didi the dirty deed /s

FWIW, Dr. Shajul Islam's NGO is funded in part by NGOs controlled by George Soros - I'm shocked

PS - the victims shown on the propaganda have dark blond hair. Dark blond hair is very uncommon in Arabs. It is, however, a signature, stand out feature of the Yazids people the ISIS Jihadi have been persecuting, exterminating and turning into sex slaves

6 posted on 04/06/2017 12:29:50 PM PDT by rdcbn (.... when Poets buy guns, tourist season is over ...)
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What’s with this rush to war? It will end up another Libya or Iraq.


7 posted on 04/06/2017 12:31:25 PM PDT by McGruff
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“The Syrian Air Force has destroyed a warehouse in Idlib province where chemical weapons were being produced and stockpiled before being shipped to Iraq, “
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3541532/posts

 

Quack Waddle -

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Benghazi+Sarin+Clinton

JAIL the HillaDuck!

 


 

8 posted on 04/06/2017 12:31:58 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: Mr. Douglas
Oops. Third option: Trump actually knows it wasn’t Assad and has no plans whatsoever to act militarily and has something completely different up his sleeve.

I hope for our sake that you are correct. If he goes to war, his battle to drain the swamp is over and revive the economy.
9 posted on 04/06/2017 12:32:36 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a humble Christian waiting to go home)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Very interesting analysis. Worth reading.

The attack made no sense from Assad’s viewpoint.


10 posted on 04/06/2017 12:33:25 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

As for the Syrian groups vying for dominion over the others... if they had the means to use special weapons to wipe out their opponents they would. Every last one of them, including the one’s we are supporting. That alone is reason to get out.


11 posted on 04/06/2017 12:33:35 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: McGruff

>> It will end up another Libya or Iraq.

Bidness as usual for Clinton, Soros, Bush and the other globalist L.I.F.E.Rs at Regime Change Investment Club-R-US


12 posted on 04/06/2017 12:34:33 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: rdcbn
The initial reporting relies heavily on the testimony of one Dr. Shajul Islam

I saw you posted this to another article, as I was still writing mine. I even contemplated incorporating into mine, but by then I was already leaning towards deleting my article, not expanding it.

Thanks for adding it just the same though.
13 posted on 04/06/2017 12:36:52 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a humble Christian waiting to go home)
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To: marktwain
Very interesting analysis. Worth reading.

Thanks. If I offered a good read and a goo point then I guess it wasn't a waste of my time.
14 posted on 04/06/2017 12:39:30 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a humble Christian waiting to go home)
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Assad would have to have the IQ of a gnat to use chemical weapons on his own people....sorry, even his Russian advisors would not agree to that move.

The real question is who is pushing this war on Trump and why?

15 posted on 04/06/2017 12:40:13 PM PDT by Lady Heron
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I’m inclined to believe that the chemical attacks in Syria were perpetrated by ISIS. It doesn’t make sense that Assad would use chemical weapons without Russian approval and I don’t think Putin would okay such use. I think it’s more likely that ISIS is trying some last-ditch efforts to undermine, divide and weaken their enemies. Besides, ISIS has demonstrated repeatedly that they are more than willing to kill innocents to further their goals.


16 posted on 04/06/2017 12:41:18 PM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: rdcbn

Nobody doubts those people died of VX or mustard exposure. The question is, who unleashed it?

There are just too damn many people saying with metaphysical certainty that Assad did, and none of them have better than
9th-hand evidence.


17 posted on 04/06/2017 12:41:35 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: rdcbn

Nobody doubts those people died of VX or mustard exposure. The question is, who unleashed it?

There are just too damn many people saying with metaphysical certainty that Assad did, and none of them have better than
9th-hand evidence.


18 posted on 04/06/2017 12:41:59 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Lady Heron

The NWO establishment, and his United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley is busy feeding the fire.


19 posted on 04/06/2017 12:42:01 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a humble Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike

Great post. I wish Trump and Tillerson would read it.


20 posted on 04/06/2017 12:49:02 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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