Posted on 07/17/2012 6:34:25 AM PDT by edpc
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will use chemical weapons against opposition forces and may have already deployed them, Nawaf Fares, the first Syrian ambassador to defect, told the BBC on Monday.
Fares, the most prominent politician to defect since the uprising against Assad began, insisted that the president's days were numbered but warned he would be prepared "to eradicate the entire Syrian people" to remain in power.
When asked by the BBC's Frank Gardner whether that would mean the use of chemical weapons, Fares said: "I am convinced that if Bashar al-Assad's regime is further cornered by the people -- he would use such weapons."
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Sounds like Iraq part 2. In other words bullshit...
“Are we being thrown another “Curveball” here?”
What does that mean? A curveball thrown by whom?
I was going to say the same thing. A curve ball by whom? Do we even know who the bad guys are in this one? The uprising and most of the people are Muslim Brotherhood backround or influenced and Syrian govt. are muslims. They are taking care of their probklems by ridding themselves of each other, no?
I was going to say the same thing. A curve ball by whom? Do we even know who the bad guys are in this one? The uprising and most of the people are Muslim Brotherhood backround or influenced and Syrian govt. are muslims. They are taking care of their probklems by ridding themselves of each other, no?
Could these be the chemical weapons (WMD’s) that couldn’t be found in Iraq when BUSH was looking. All those trucks running from Iraq toward Syria weren’t empty. I wonder.
There are no good guys in the Middle East, except for Israel.
“Curveball” was the Iraqi informant who admittedly lied about his involvement in that nation’s WMD program.
Wow, all those WMD’s did come from Iraq after all! /s
Don’t you want to do some more nation building?
Do. Not. Care.
Hell no, I say, let the Israelis loose and let them take over the whole region.
ahh. Well, the Wall St Journal did report last week that intelligence sources picked up Assad moving his chemical weapons around. This defector just seems to be saying that he thinks assad would use them. I think he would, too.
This is rationalization for defection from the regime
Sounds good to me. I was just having some fun smacking the hornet’s nest.
Israel could solve a lot of problems for us, if we’d only let them.
Agreed, but it isn’t going to happen with our Muzzie CiC.
They'd be crazy to do so. Controlling the Palis has been enough of a headache. Why would they want to govern the Syrian population?
Nothing to see here. Madame Hilary will placate a deal!
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