SYRIA thread

[Brenus]

In any case, there's no reason to believe it's not the regime.

Believe? Double negation and a belief? And you bomb a country?
It was no reason not to believe that Saddam had WMD. Same for it was no reason not to believe that Milosevic was implementing Horse Shoes Operation in Kosovo, and throwing his victims in mines pits...
Yes, they could have done it. They just didn't, did they?
So until solid proof based on more reliable sources that the rebels doctors (by the way, where the white helmets? Did they vanished in the thin air?), we will not know what product was employed, and by whom... Find the munition/container used...

[Fragony]

Better question, how would Assad benefit from using it, pretty big decision to use that stuff. Rogue general perhaps? Assad is no fool he knows he would be internationally cast out by just about everyone. Trump's decision to attack that airport is questionable to say the least whatever what

[AE Bravo]

Better question, how would Assad benefit from using it, pretty big decision to use that stuff. Rogue general perhaps?

Deja vu. Might be like the last time. A dissident until further notice.

[Fragony]

Deja vu. Might be like the last time. A dissident until further notice.

Qui bono no? In a money-scam you follow the money, should do the same here but inf.uence as the currency. Assad is an asshole but I would be really surprised if he did this, not because he would never do such a thing but simply because it's absolutily not in his interests to have a pr-nightmare

[Husar]

Qui bono no?

No. Cui bono.

[Fragony]

No. Cui bono.

Don't critisise my Spanish

[Shaka_Khan]

Trump won't overthrow Assad while the Russians are there. Unlike what a lot of the people are thinking, Assad's regime won't fall that easily. The rebels aren't strong enough to overthrow him. The war will go on and on and on.

[Husar]

Don't critisise my Spanish

I don't, just your Latin.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Don't critisise my Spanish

He was criticizing your Latin. LATIN...

You Frisii need to get your act together.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Believe? Double negation and a belief? And you bomb a country?

I'm not the one making the decisions. Given that up until this point Trump was willing to consider Assad part of the solution in Syria I have to think there's some credible intelligence that it was the regime, intelligence we don't have.

My point was that there's no reason to think the regime wouldn't use gas - they have in the past.

[Husar]

Given that up until this point Trump was willing to consider Assad part of the solution in Syria I have to think there's some credible intelligence that it was the regime, intelligence we don't have.

I'd think if Trump has it, it must've been on FoxNews, or did he stop skipping his intelligence meetings in favor of TV/golf/Twitter?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I'd think if Trump has it, it must've been on FoxNews, or did he stop skipping his intelligence meetings in favor of TV/golf/Twitter?

He's been meeting with them regularly since early on.

Though he did weed out a lot of the old admin's appointees where possible.

[Brenus]

My point was that there's no reason to think the regime wouldn't use gas - they have in the past.

Agree with that, but so did the rebels and so do their counterpart in Iraq...