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JackRiddler

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2. I don't know what to think...
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 01:45 PM
Sep 2013

Since the report does not present an overwhelming, multi-source case using multiple bodies of evidence. On the face of it, Syrian regular army far better equipped to have carried out the attacks, but that's not proof either. Nor is "cui bono."

For me the most interesting circumstantial bit here is that the USG and its media lackeys are all calling their case definitive even as USG actions have prevented the UN inspectors from doing their work, forcing them out of the country. Why not wait for the UN inspection team that was already in Syria to do their mission, before declaring the case closed on the basis, apparently, of Israeli intel that is even sketchier than Ababneh's report?

k&r polichick Sep 2013 #1
I don't know what to think... JackRiddler Sep 2013 #2
And since so many don't know what to think NightWatcher Sep 2013 #4
Oh, there's no need to tell me that. JackRiddler Sep 2013 #6
The very first reports on the Social media indicated that 'rebels' had attacked sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #26
K & R. dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #3
Yes, yes, the story about the rebels who "mishandled" the weapons in 4 different places... Barack_America Sep 2013 #5
Who says al-Qaeda terrorists (your "the rebels") mishandled the CW? delrem Sep 2013 #7
Um, the linked article in the OP?? Barack_America Sep 2013 #8
OP doesn't justify your scoffing. delrem Sep 2013 #12
So if it wasn't Al Queda rebels, who make up a large part now of the 'opposition', who sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #27
The Syrian government. Barack_America Sep 2013 #29
Actually I think logic tells us the opposite. Assad knows that the Western powers sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #31
I think Assad feels confident no one would dare strike over his chemical weapons usage... Barack_America Sep 2013 #32
And no one has seen any convincing evidence that Assad did it. You're wrong about sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #34
Sure, why not? reusrename Sep 2013 #10
I think the pro-war idea is to paint the "rebels" as virtuous freedom fighters, delrem Sep 2013 #15
Again, maybe so, maybe not. cheapdate Sep 2013 #9
You are correct - it is NOT a definitive report. Maedhros Sep 2013 #18
Well, that's more than anyone from the US has done. sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #28
It's been a couple of days and no "main stream" reporter has asked Bandar for comment. reusrename Sep 2013 #11
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Raksha Sep 2013 #14
Yup. An MSM which wasn't a deliberate accomplice of the MIC would be explaining all this in detail. delrem Sep 2013 #17
The MSM is a propaganda machine, and CNN wonders why it is 'struggling for viewers'. sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #30
I would make a wild guess that hundreds of reports cheapdate Sep 2013 #19
Thank you for posting this story on DU. Raksha Sep 2013 #13
NON-CREDIBLE SOURCE! DEBUNKED! ULTERIOR MOTIVES! sibelian Sep 2013 #16
It's up to the reader to decide how much credibility cheapdate Sep 2013 #20
As opposed to 'highly placed officials' daleo Sep 2013 #21
Not "as opposed to" -- rather "as well as". cheapdate Sep 2013 #23
Or "unnamed Pentagon sources" [n/t] Maedhros Sep 2013 #24
...thence to claim to be authority on the source, presumably. nt sibelian Sep 2013 #35
It wasn't Assad or the Rebels it was… BAT BOY! KittyWampus Sep 2013 #22
You're really upset that there are people against killing Syrians, aren't you? Maedhros Sep 2013 #25
I am against intervening in Syria right now. So I have no idea what your jabbering about. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #33
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