Bleach? What are you trying to say, that there was no nerve agent used?Originally Posted by Sarmatian
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Bleach? What are you trying to say, that there was no nerve agent used?
Last edited by Elmetiacos; 04-11-2017 at 10:52.
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There might have been missiles with different chemicals used some with chlorine, some with sarin.
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Who cares if there were gas agents or not? Do civilians care if is gas, high explosive, "shake and bake" or US cruise? To a degree, who cares if the USA is lying or not? Trump barely manages a sentence without telling a few. It is a war. Every side has killed civilians, destroyed infrastructure, and they always do.
The strategic point remains - should the West get involved in Syria or not? I would say no since we just don't have the strength of will to see if through - frankly to make the sacrifices and shed the blood required to get things resolved.Frankly, it probably isn't worth it.
And lest we think that this is all about the poor children, we manage to ignore those in Nigeria / South Sudan / Burma for years / decades.
An enemy that wishes to die for their country is the best sort to face - you both have the same aim in mind.
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Trump was looking for a pretext to interfere. And he killed two birds with one stone - his approval rating has soared and Americans seem ready to forgive his (and his team's) blunders to feel he made America great again.
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Not true. Polls by both Gallup and CBS News show virtually no increase in his popularity after the strikes.
'you owe it to that famous chick general whose name starts with a B'
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Just because it didn't happen doesn't mean Trump didn't think that it should happen. After all, there were those lovely new reports about how great he was.
An enemy that wishes to die for their country is the best sort to face - you both have the same aim in mind.
Science flies you to the moon, religion flies you into buildings.
"If you can't trust the local kleptocrat whom you installed by force and prop up with billions of annual dollars, who can you trust?" Lemur
If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain.
The best argument against democracy is a five minute talk with the average voter. Winston Churchill
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And the news anchors almost achieving orgasm at the sight of tomahawks being fired...
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I'm saying that the thing we can be most certain about is that chlorine was used (because only that explains the smell of bleach reported by everyone). Next we can say, with a little less certainty, is that additional agent was used, probably something similar to sarin. With a lot less certainty we can say maybe there were even more types of chemical weapons used.
OPCW statement mentions only chlorine based on the preliminary reports. Until an investigation is conducted by OPCW (which probably isn't happening anytime soon as the area is controlled by Al Nusra), we can't say anything for sure.
And that is only about what type of chemicals were used. After that, an investigation about who's at fault can commence.
OR, we can ignore the experts, put our trusts in politicians and media and accept their version.
Quite possibly.
Last edited by Sarmatian; 04-11-2017 at 14:04.
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