Why is the CIA convinced that Syrian Govt. is using chemical weapons, while experts are skeptical?

[adric mutelovic]

I ran into an article where experts in chemical weapon use said Friday that they see no evidence in the claims by US intelligence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons.


"Chemical weapons experts still skeptical about U.S. claim that Syria used sarin"

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/14/194016/chemical-weapons-experts-still.html#storylink=cpy

How is it that the CIA knows it, but experts don't?

The experts in the article say that Obama has not provided details (and should do so) as to how he knows Sarin was used by the regime.

I hope we're not being duped again.

Go read the article.

[magellan]

1. Neo-conned. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Cause the peasants are restless

and questioning spying on the American people, and war ALWAYS unites Americans... and anyway, you can't be critical of the government in time of war... and my, my, Americans found out we are spying on them.

I wish I could be less cynical, but alas, our best buddies in Al Qaida need our help, and you did not know they were and have always been our best buds.

(Also, there is this little Cold War with Iran due to the little virus we planted in their computers that has all the risk of going hot and that could be messy)

[HooptieWagon]

3. Maybe they pulled it out of their ass, like WMDs and Yellowcake.

A little fabrication is no biggie when there's $$$$$ to be made on war. I guess people forgot Iraq pretty quickly....or they buy the propaganda hook line and sinker because the POTUS has a D behind his name.

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Squirrel! n/t

[malaise]

5. Because there is money to be made by neo-cons

[Lasher]

6. And haven't the rebels been accused of using chemical agents too?

If they have, then I don't see how you justify helping one side or the other.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Same reason they were eager to verity the WMD in Iraq.

Politics and political pressure to do so.

[scarletwoman]

8. Who says the CIA is convinced? All they have to do is convince the U.S. public.

Of course we're being duped again.

[quinnox]

9. Susan Rice, war hawk, was recently appointed National security advisor

and then all of a sudden the US claims chemical weapons were used and Obama escalates things in Syria. Maybe not such a coincidence.

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. Because the administration needed an excuse to start the (public) arms shipments.

Let's not even talk about the planeloads of arms to the rebels via Turkey that the CIA has been involved with for the past year or so.

And really, really, really, let's not even ask what it was up to in Benghazi.

"Arms Airlift to Syrian Rebels Expands, With Aid From CIA" -- that's from March
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/middleeast/arms-airlift-to-syrian-rebels-expands-with-cia-aid.html?_r=0

"CIA Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition" -- that's from last June
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html?pagewanted=all