Pot/Kettle: US to Target Syria for Sarin Gas Use ..Yet, USA Helped Saddam Use Sarin Gas on Iran?

[DirkGently]

12. It means the U.S. is shocked & appalled mainly when its interests

are served by being shocked and appalled. The WMD bullshit used to justify invading Iraq was completely about employing false outrage and a false sense of threat to provide cover for a war planned before W even took office.

It is worth keeping in mind, at least, that whether we're talking nukes or chemical weapons or genocide, that our government's horror and outrage, and its assurances of who is doing what to whom and how critical it is for us to stop it, is driven by many factors, the least of which historically may be concern for human suffering.