Those are really interesting articles. I have due skepticism but that is why the American people absolutely deserve the proof that Assad and Russia gassed those people. I simply do not accept the CONCLUSION that they did with not a single fact that they did. I personally believe that it was the jihadis. There is absolutely no proof that Assad EVER use Chemical weapons ,in fact, the statement of General Mattis is to the contrary— that there was no fact to support the bombing last year. What are we doing?
That is all true, and to add to it further, why would I care even if Assad gassed Al-Qaeda bugs? That’s what gas is for!
It isn’t set yet.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that the U.S. and key allies are still working on options to respond to Syria’s suspected chemical attacks, and have not concluded who was behind the attacks.
“We are still assessing the intelligence, ourselves and our allies, we’re still working on this,” Mattis said when asked whether the government of Syrian president Bashar Assad was responsible.
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.
See post 48.