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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUm, why didn't the WH tell us which chemical agent they believe was found to be used in Syria?
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tweeted by, Spencer Ackerman @attackerman 18m
Notable that the US intelligence dossier on Syria doesn't specify *which* chemical weapon Assad used.
Zeke Miller @ZekeJMiller 4m
SAO says US doesn't have physiological samples from latest attack
BBC News US @BBCNewsUS 4m
"White House intelligence report : #Syrian regime maintains stockpile of chem agents, incmustard, sarin, and VX". - BBC's @rajiniv:
The Caucus @thecaucus 8m
Document: Full text of the U.S. assessment of Syrian use of chemical weapons http://nyti.ms/18bh0FC
onehandle
(51,122 posts)...for the media to peruse.
My guess is that those 1429 Syrians were killed by migrating killer bees.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)There are all kinds of reasons that I could pull out from movies or a West Wing script.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)SAO says US doesn't have physiological samples from latest attack
bigtree
(85,996 posts). . . to just push on, then.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)then to do it now at this late date.
Assad has ample time to cover any strategic targets with civilian hostages.
bigtree
(85,996 posts). . .to tell us who the good Syrians are, and, who our enemies are there.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)And it's not about finding white hats or black hats it's about Assad using chemical weapons on a large number of civilians.
bigtree
(85,996 posts). . .the 'large numbers of civilians' who will likely bear most of the brunt of our bombing campaign; both in the attack and in the aftermath.
I 'read' where you believe it would have been better to bomb them 'sooner.' That's what I'm challenging. How much concern will the U.S. have for the collateral casualties of our reprisals?
Brewinblue
(392 posts)it's a secret.
I'm Batman!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Oh wait, we've seen this before .
SAO says US doesn't have physiological samples from latest attack
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Well that makes it better, we'll just use speculation.
bigtree
(85,996 posts). . . literally.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)But to say there were none is insane.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)bigtree
(85,996 posts). . . international law and our own constitution.
Lack of basic proof, like what agent was used, is just inadequate to commit our devastating military forces to attack a sovereign nation.
I can see the history now . . .we believe; they probably did this or that; couldn't have been anyone else . . .
It's all a process of elimination . . . literally.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)however our President's administration decides, but.. If the scenes of innocent civilians, or collateral damage, were more available during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts would we not be just as outraged? Or is it the our methods of killing people are more acceptable?
Just asking. I realize it goes the the heart of the 'reason' our nation kills but killing is killing.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)Did Assad harm Americans somehow?
Or should he be at The Hague?
We aren't the Judge, Jury and Executioner of The World? Or are we?