Posted on 04/06/2017 10:03:02 PM PDT by pissant
The April 4th, 2017 incident at Khan Sheikhoun has provoked an emotional response around the world after images began to emerge showing civilian adults and children apparently suffering from the effects of chemical weapons. President Donald Trump has stated that the attack has totally changed his views towards the Syrian civil war, and may alter his intended strategy there.
Although Western media immediately accused Bashar al-Assad of participating in a gas attack against his own people, the evidence indicates that the intended target was not immediately in a civilian area and was in fact a location where Syrian White Helmets were on the scene with rebel groups at what observers have claimed was a storage facility for conventional and chemical munitions. Additionally, evidence indicates that rebel groups may have had prior knowledge of the attack and knew that there was a risk of chemical weapons being unleashed. The attack also came in the aftermath of a trip by Senator John McCain to meet with groups known to associate with radical jihadist factions in Syria, at a time when the United States government has been engulfed in a power struggle between different political factions who disagree strongly over what should be appropriate policy in regards to the Syrian civil war.
Evidence which has emerged in the aftermath of the attack at Khan Sheikhoun indicates that not only was the nature of the attack misreported by the media, but that certain individuals on the ground in Syria may have had foreknowledge of the attack up to several days before it happened. On April 3rd, 2017, an anti-Assad journalist tweeted that the next day he would be launching a media campaign to cover airstrikes on the Hama countryside, including the use of chemical weapons.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
PERSPECTIVE: Conference held by UN Peace Council at the United Nations exposed the #SyriaHoax over a year ago.
UN Peace Council Drops The Truth On Syria And Propaganda Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGq6aLTOF_I
There's the story
This is not going to end well - smells like a trap the Dark Side set up and Trump fell into it - Not good.
This swill put us at ends with Russia - VERY NOT GOOD
If there was no release of poison gas, why did the Russians say that the poison gas came from a rebel stockpile hit by Syrian warplanes?
Radar tracks aren’t CIA. The statement released by the military information officer said that we have the radar track of the warplane that crossed the village when the chemical bomb hit. And there were also eye witnesses on the ground.
But you can also choose to believe that Trump is a liar and a fool who would deceive Americans on par with LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin. Your choice.
Given that this is the third time this trick has been pulled, and, as before, there is no motive for Assad to do such a thing, the chances that the Syrians actually used chemical weapons is about as close to zero as it gets.
“What possible motivation would Assad have for gassing anyone at this point?”
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What possible reason would Charles Manson have had for offing a bunch of people?
You’re trying to apply reason and rationale to an area of the world that’s lousy with insanity and tinhorn dictators.
.... Then again .... I could be wrong.
The heartbreaking pictures circulating are effective tools ffor support, but I do notice that in the pictures the medical and treatment areas have what appears to me to have U.K. Made supplies .... in a rebel held area. Not sure which faction these rebels are. If Assad is really so stupid to use chem weapons at this stage of the game, well, so be it.
I have to wonder what President Trump would have done with the intelligence information received by then President (W) Bush before Iraq War. At any rate, something isn't quite right here but like I said no harm done getting rid of some chem munitions. However, doesn't this cripple Assads Air Force and ability to defend by air the radical rebel groups who we just helped wipe out? It's all crazy
You don’t think that they would fake a radar track?
Apparently the Israelis know the name of the Syrian pilot who dropped the Saran gas bombs. This really is a Syrian attack and not a false flag.
“I don’t consider them to be an even handed presenter of news any longer.”
They never were.
Sometimes they presented things that were consistent with our side.
But they have never been even handed and are quite anti-capitalist and leftist in many things.
And sensationalistic about capitalists imminent demise. Everything is a crisis.
Apparently a bomb hitting sarin will destroy it rather than spread it, making the Syrian/Russian explanation of a bomb strike on a sarin depot not credible.
Turkish doctors where the victims were taken have reported that sarin is what they were exposed to.
“Trump stated tonight that Assad has used Gas a number of times over recent months. That’s something I’m not seeing reported.”
Yes. Because after the red line incident when Obama did nothing, they (Susan Rice as point) declared Assad had given up his chemical weapons and wouldn’t do it any more.
Thus the media ignored any gas attacks because it would show Obama’s ineffectualness and dishonesty.
Steve Miller the space cowboy and gangster of love (Maureece)?
There’s a LOT of in betweens there.
you offer a straw man
Obama and Rice have claimed the WMD gas was rid of in Syria thanks to their wonderful efforts.
Yes.
And no observer is going to be correct in evaluating 100% of the time.
I trust Trump's character, his humanity and (for the most part) his judgement.
We could try to analyze this all night long, but none of us has all the intel - and in fact Trump himself might not have it all - or have faulty intel.
So - bottom line - here's what bothers me:
Any time you've got McCain, Graham and Hildabeast all agreeing with you, it's time for a pause and reflect ... and worry.
Name one.
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