French President Macron: There is ‘proof’ of chemical weapons attack by Assad regime in Syria

France 24 ^ | Apr 12, 2018 | AFP

[GoldenState_Rose]

"We have proof that chemical weapons were used last week, at least chlorine, and that they were used by the regime of Bashar al-Assad," Macron said during an interview on France's TF1 television.

Macron added that he was in daily contact with US President Donald Trump and that they would decide on their response "at a time of our choosing, when we judge it to be the most useful and the most effective."

The French leader, who had made the use of chemical weapons in Syria a "red line", said one of his aims in Syria was to "remove the regime's chemical attack capabilities".

But he repeated that he wanted to also avoid "an escalation".

"France will in no way allow an escalation or anything that would harm regional stability, but we cannot allow regimes that believe they can act with impunity to violate international law in the worst possible way."

[robroys woman]

If Assad attacks any of he neighboring nations, that is when we should get involved. This is a civil war. We need to butt out.

[butlerweave]

Did his mother ,I mean his wife tell him

[NEMDF]

I wonder if Macron’s “red line” will play out the same way it did for 0bama.

[ichabod1]

Who do I think did it? Same ilk that would train a kid to walk in and shoot up a school.

[Justa]

Funny, but the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which Syria acceded, makes no distinction in usage. It outlaws them and requires their verified destruction. Syria agreed to the convention and has consistently lied about its stockpiles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention

“Following the August 2013 Ghouta chemical attack,[50] Syria, which had long been suspected of possessing chemical weapons, acknowledged them in September 2013 and agreed to put them under international supervision.[51]

On 14 September Syria deposited its instrument of accession to the CWC with the United Nations as the depositary and agreed to its provisional application pending entry into force effective 14 October.[52][53]

An accelerated destruction schedule was devised by Russia and the United States on 14 September,[54] and was endorsed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2118[55] and the OPCW Executive Council Decision EC-M-33/DEC.1.[56]

Their deadline for destruction was the first half of 2014.[56] Syria gave the OPCW an inventory of its chemical weapons arsenal[57] and started its destruction in October 2013, 2 weeks before its formal entry into force, while applying the convention provisionally.[58][59]

All declared Category 1 materials were destroyed by August 2014.[36] However, the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack in April 2017 revealed that undeclared stockpiles likely remained in the country.

[blackdog]

I use chlorine gas for my pool. It comes in gas cylinders. I keep a bottle of ammonia outside the shed and take the cap off and squeeze out some ammonia vapors before entering the shed. If chlorine gas is present the vapors becomr visible smoke. Chlorine gas is very common. Every hotel with a swimming pool uses it.

[Magnum44]

Standby for incoming fire to your very well stated point...

[Reno89519]

Good, the Russians your knowledging it, now the French are openly Acknowledging it, So when are the naysayers supporting Assad and Iran here on FR going to do the same?

[dfwgator]

[robroys woman]

I’m not into globalism. I see all countries as sovereign. If we really want to enforce that stuff, we need to simply go to war with Assad. FULL war, not some Vietnam type “police action” crap.

[dfwgator]

And if you don’t want the place to go right back to shit, you’d better be prepared to occupy the country for at least 20 years.

[robroys woman]

And if you don’t want the place to go right back to shit, you’d better be prepared to occupy the country for at least 20 years.

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Exactly!

This is what we did in Germany and Japan. It’s what we should have done in Iraq. It’s what I thought we were going to do. The middle east would be a very different place if we had put a base in Iraq. What an opportunity lost.