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In reply to the discussion: Sarin my ass. they're LYING to us again. [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)Philip Coyle, a senior scientist at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington, said that without hard, public evidence, its difficult for experts to assess the validity of the administrations statement. He added that from what is known, what happened doesnt look like a series of sarin attacks to him.
Without blood samples, its hard to know, he said. But I admit I hope there isnt a blood sample, because Im still hopeful that sarin has not been used.
Even a proponent of the United States providing military assistance to the rebels raised doubts about the possible motive for announcing the chemical weapons conclusion.
In a passionate argument for U.S. involvement in Syria, Anthony Cordesman, a security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, wrote Friday that the discovery that Syria used chemical weapons might be a political ploy. The phrase was in an article that described strong strategic and humanitarian reasons for involvement in the crisis, particularly the recent involvement of the Lebanese group Hezbollah on the side of Assad.
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