[sunmars]

This is no ordinary meeting.....

The White House has released a list of 15 participants, some attending by video conference. They include figures from the military, intelligence and diplomatic branches of the US government:

-Joe Biden, the vice president

-John Kerry, the secretary of state, and Chuck Hagel, the secretary of defence

-John Brennan, the head of the CIA, and James Clapper, the director of national intelligence

-Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations

-General Martin Dempsey, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff

-Assorted national security and legal aides

[Billthedrill]

Thanks for that information. I was wondering how much longer 0bama’s team could pretend the problem didn’t exist. BTT

[rdcbn]

This is no ordinary meeting.....

The White House has released a list of 15 participants, some attending by video conference. They include figures from the military, intelligence and diplomatic branches of the US government:

-Joe Biden, the vice president

-John Kerry, the secretary of state, and Chuck Hagel, the secretary of defence

-John Brennan, the head of the CIA, and James Clapper, the director of national intelligence

-Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations

-General Martin Dempsey, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff

-Assorted national security and legal aides

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Wow, I feel so much safer now that I know that cast of characters are working the problem, but I'd feel so much safer if I knew National Security Adviser Susan Rice was taking part as well. I don't see her name or Deputy National Security Adviser Tommy “Dude” Vietor’s name anywhere on the list at all.

[Dave346]

This was a quote from a US military official:

“The only people who would likely be harmed by these chemical materials would be the people who tried to use or move them.”

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iraq-isis-seizes-saddam-husseins-chemical-weapons-storage-facility-1453416

So the chemicals are still deadly, but only to the bad guys? LOL at the stupidity they expect us to believe!

[gov_bean_ counter]

Nobody on that list inspires any confidence...

[Dave346]

This is from the 2004 US inspectors report on Al Muthanna.

“Stockpiles of chemical munitions are still stored there. The most dangerous ones have been declared to the UN and are sealed in bunkers. Although declared, the bunkers contents have yet to be confirmed. These areas of the compound pose a hazard to civilians and potential blackmarketers.”

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/iraq_wmd_2004/chap5_annxB.html