So Assad's guys are the Bad Guys?
More I see of this the more I'm convinced he's going ugly because he has to.
Muslim fanaticism radicalizes everyone around them: you can't be reasonable with an insane, violent opposition.
We Atom Bombed the Japanese civilian population not once but twice. As bad as the Imperial Japanese Army was in treating civilians and prisoners, they were nothing compared to these fried brains animals. If Assad were to A-Bomb a couple of their towns, what legitimate criticism would we have?
An Israeli from Kiryat Shmona once said that in the Middle East, if you are weak, you are dead.
This is what secularists and Christians face.
If Assad is resorting to gas, maybe there's a reason.
Someone tell me why we're gonna jump into this on the side of the Muslim Nazis who want to exterminate Christianity.
No, I don't think he is resorting to gas. I am convinced it is a rebels' provocation. The report by the UN is not ready yet. The Russians did a detailed technical report that indicates improvised or outdated delivery system and non-military grade gas:
Haq, the U.N. spokesman, acknowledged that the most recent attack “has pushed the investigation of the Aleppo incident to the back burner for now.” But he said that “the inspectors will get back to it as soon as is possible.”The statement’s summary of the report said that neither the munitions nor the poison gas in the Khan al Asal attack appeared to fit what is possessed by the Syrian government. The statement said Russian investigators studied the site, sent the materials they found to study to the Russian laboratories of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and followed agreed-upon United Nations investigation standards.
According to the statement, the report said the shell “was not regular Syrian army ammunition but was an artisan-type similar to unguided rocket projectiles produced in the north of Syria by the so-called gang ‘Bashair An-Nasr.’”
The Russian analysis found soil and shell samples contained a sarin gas “not synthesized in an industrial environment,” the statement said. The report said the chemical mix did not appear to be a modern version of the deadly agent but was closer to those “used by Western states for producing chemical weapons during World War II.”
The statement said the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team had examined Syrian soldiers injured in the March attack and said that no reaction to the more recent alleged chemical account should be considered without also considering that the rebels, too, have used chemical weapons.
“It is obvious that any objective investigation of the incident on Aug. 21 in East Ghouta is impossible without considering the circumstances of the March attack,” the statement said. Ghouta is the area near Damascus where the Aug. 21 attack took place.
Read more here.
Also consider the motivation. The rebels are exasperated trying to get the US administration to side up with them militarily. They understand that given Obama's election-time rhetoric a heart-rending incident with weapons of mass destruction is the ticket to get our cruise missiles on their side. the Syrian government, on the other hand, had no difficulty lately driving the rebels out of major populated areas with conventional means of warfare. Why would Assad risk a missile strike on his head? He is winning already.
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