Posted on 04/08/2017 9:22:08 AM PDT by Rusty0604
A stunning update on Friday afternoon from the Associated Press said the Pentagon is investigating possible Russian participationin the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons attack.
These officials also supported the dire suspicion that nearby hospitals were attacked to cover up evidence of the WMD deployment:
The officials say Russia has failed to control the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons. They say a drone belonging either to Russia or Syria was seen hovering over the site of the chemical weapons attack Tuesday after it happened. The drone returned late in the day as citizens were going to a nearby hospital for treatment. Shortly afterward, officials say the hospital was bombed.
The officials say they believe the hospital attack may have been an effort to cover up evidence of the attack. The officials weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity. They say they’re still reviewing evidence.
According to CNN, the Pentagon is particularly interested in whether a Russian warplane actually conducted the bombing run on the Khan Sheikhoun hospital where victims were receiving treatment within hours of the attack, “with the aim of destroying evidence.”
There have been conflicting reports about whether any Russian personnel or aircraft, particularly helicopters, were present at the Sharyat airbase.
However, the Fox News report also quotes U.S. officials who said “between 12 and 100 Russian military personnel” were present at the base, complete with their own barracks, which the U.S. “took pains” to avoid blowing up. If the chemical weapons attack on Idlib province was indeed conducted from the base, it would be very difficult for the Russians to argue they were unaware a war crime was in progress under their noses.
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“I think this is just more propaganda that Russia is evil, and Russia and Trump are friends.”
It could be that. I have no opinion. Why “the Russians” would have an interest in micromanaging a single airstrike by the Syrian airforce is hard to imagine, but this stuff could be happening on the dark side of the moon as far as getting accurate info.
I think the practice of creating at least 3 and possibly 5 stories and counter-stories for any news event has been ongoing and is now developing into a standard practice. This *may* be the last-gasp/only means for the MSM to bolster their reputations: To issue so many conflicting stories that nobody knows nothin’ so you have to go to something that at least at one time had some cred.
The MSM has a tough choice: Since they have been skunked so many times on getting it right, yet they never have to apologize for getting it wrong, it’s probably in their interest to issue as many versions of a given story as possible so that one actual event generates material for at least 3 versions of the story, 1 correction to the story, and 1 apology for one version of the story, by which time there’s another story and the cycle begins anew. It would not surprise me to find out that any given news source, when they get a story of an event, actually releases counter-news to their competition so that the reporting on any particular event generates so many opptys for story-counterstory-countercounterstory.
WTF? I just posted the article, I don’t agree with it. But you don’t have to stick your head in the sand and be unaware of what’s being said and done in the world. FU.
Watch Fox and you will see Herridge reporting those details.
What’s your problem with simple facts like Herridge is reporting this? Mind numbing stubbornness!
They need to find and fire these sources.
Graham was absolutely horrible and terrifying last night on Fox. He was openly pushing for war with Russia. How do we get such crazies in Congress?
Ping
These officials also supported the dire suspicion that nearby hospitals were attacked to cover up evidence of the WMD deployment
But they offer no proof like sattelite imagery, which we had when the US and Saudi Arabia struck Hospitals:
US Airstrike Hits Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan
US Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Yemen Kills at Least 15
Sure they did /s
The left can’t vilify the Russians with the elections, now lets try and use a chemical weapons atrocity to do the job.
The Russians do a fine job of vilifying themselves, all you need to look at is Georgia and the Ukraine. Next stop, the Baltic States. The Russians don’t really need any democrat fantasy of electoral manipulation or nerve gassing a civilian target with absolutely nothing to gain.
Sorry, cratering the Syrian airfield was a bad call. I won’t loose any sleep over it, but was it in fact a Syrian attack or a terrorist photo op like they do in Israel?
Well, if there is a bright side to this, at least it shows our resolve.
Or the sources could be #Fake.
If this administration is, as the dems laughably claim, a puppet of Putin, it’s not being a very good one.
I’m sure its under production currently. Need more clean shaven males holding BLOND children, in a Syrian war zone.
War is peace... or something else stupid. Can’t believe that so many people fall for anything.
Breitbart is reporting on what AP, CNN and FOX reporting. I posted it for information and discussion purposes only. Yet some people on this forum just don’t get the purpose of this forum. If they want to join a cute cat video only forum, they should.
Russians were at the base where the Syrian jets took off from. So who knows.
I’m glad I missed that.
And, you probably know, the doctor reporting from there is a known terrorist accused of kidnapping journalists.
Herridge has done some good reporting.
All crises are created by the same few ( CIA/Mossad) to control a Narrative-—to push the Overton Window and collapse Western Civilization for “rising out of the ashes” NWO.
So...you never can believe anything the “News” puts out since the “News” is totally controlled, since long before the “news” destroyed McCarthy with repetition of lies (the usual), and presenting prizes to Duranty for the “truth” (lol) in his portrayal of “Uncle Joe” (the sweet, brilliant, mass-murderer).
True. Sometimes I wonder if I went to CNN or NYT and claimed to be an official with some leak, would they even verify anything or just gleefully report it?
As he’s hanging up the phone...
General Vlad: They did what?!? Turning to General Hassam...
General Vlad: WTF did you do asshole?
General Hassam: My men we having a hard time with this village...always harboring and supplying terrorists.
General Vlad: If I find out you gassed those people when you have uniformed Russian soldiers in your country I will personally cut your balls off...
General Hassam: We are making sure nobody will find out.
General Vlad: We are going to help you. Effin’ re tard.
I have the NSA TRANSCRIPT:)
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