I want an adversarial, well researched hearing on the "Assad" attack....

[Junkdrawer]

Since it's clear that ALL players have an agenda, the only way anything like the Truth will be reached is when ALL sides present their best evidence.

Accept the word of one side and block the others and the results are predetermined.

[RobertEarl]

1. What?

Are you some kind of a freethinker who hasn't bought into the
"My country, my president and my media are always right and they never lie"?
meme that has run this country for years and years?

[Junkdrawer]

2. What's the old saw? Oh yeah "If you want Peace, work for Justice."

And the only way to Justice is with a search for Truth.

[lumpy]

4. Yes

[on point]

3. Well said. Support completely

[noise]

5. This is what the war on whistleblowers is all about

To ensure that sources with real info are unwilling to talk to journalists because they know they will be hunted down and charged with espionage. And to ensure that journalists are intimidated by possible DOJ investigations into their journalism and instead decide to hope that government spokespeople are not outright lying in their briefings.

If Assad did order the gas attack does it necessarily follow that a bombing campaign is the only course of action? That is the same formulation as Iraq and WMD. What a bunch of crap for government officials to suggest that there is only one possible response to Assad's ordering of a chemical attack.

[jessie04]

6. Ok...just the facts

1. It's been show "beyond a reasonable doubt " that chemical weapons were used by the Syrian army against their own people. ( Kerry)

2. Assad is a dictator who controls the Syrian army and nothing happens without his consent including and especially chemical weapons.

3. He was warned not to use them by the civilized world.(Obama)

4. 1400 people were killed including ( unbelievably) 400 innocent children were murdered in this atrocity. ( Kerry)

5. It sucks but on rare occasions the Us is the only country that will stand up for innocent people and against war crimes. ( see Bosnia)

6. No one, I repeat no one , is talking about boots on the ground. (Obama)

7. We are talking about LIMITED use of patriots and others methods to compel and prevent him for using them again.(Obama)

8. If you can't stand up against this, then you probably won't object to Assad or the next Assad using Biological or Chemical weapons. ( me)


I and a few others are in the minority here .

No personal attacks please.

[Junkdrawer]

8. That's one side. n/t

[jessie04]

9. That's my opinion.

nt

[Catherina]

7. " Accept the word of one side and block the others and the results are predetermined."

That's the whole point.

I insist on one too. Rec'd