The problem with the General Mattis statement is - exactly when did he make it? Before we knew for sure? So his statement doesn’t necessarily mean we didn’t know at the time we sent the tomahawks in. I think we did know when we sent the tomahawks in.
US has no evidence of Syrian use of sarin gas, Mattis says
By ROBERT BURNS
Feb. 02, 2018
https://www.apnews.com/bd533182b7f244a4b771c73a0b601ec5 Link copied!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has no evidence to confirm reports from aid groups and others that the Syrian government has used the deadly chemical sarin on its citizens, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday.
“We have other reports from the battlefield from people who claim it’s been used,” Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon. “We do not have evidence of it.”