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David__77

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15. All we DO know is that al Queda = "rebels."

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:24 PM

Aug 2013

That's what we know. We don't know if banned weapons were used and we don't know who used them. The the UN team will not be able to find this out either. There will be no evidence of anything that isn't tainted by a bad chain of custody. Anyone can fabricate evidence.

I say that the US must resolutely stay out.

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If AQ = Syrian Rebels why couldn't those be rebel chemical weapons? [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

Because AQ doesn't = Syrian Rebels rdharma Aug 2013 #1

Are you saying no AQ are involved or that they are with Assad? dkf Aug 2013 #2

The enemy of my enemy is my friend...... rdharma Aug 2013 #4

Me neither.....there's really no proof. AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #16

It makes more sense than the only alternative explanation - Assad wants to commit suicide leveymg Aug 2013 #5

How is Assad comitting suicide by using chemical warfare? rdharma Aug 2013 #6

He's ahead on points on the battlefield. As things stood before, the US and NATO were not going to leveymg Aug 2013 #7

You're saying that Assad had the upper hand.....with rebels knocking on the gates of Damascus? rdharma Aug 2013 #8

He might as well have just handed the ball to the opposing team on his own 20 yard-line in that leveymg Aug 2013 #9

So, they aren't giving up. As this chemical attack by govt. forces proves. rdharma Aug 2013 #11

No. If Assad wanted to use chemical munitions, they would have targeted and released differently. leveymg Aug 2013 #14

No. This is exactly where the govt. would target such an attack. rdharma Aug 2013 #20

You are seriously misreading the military situation in Syria. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #28

The rebels have been in the Damascus suburbs for a year. He's cleaning them up now. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #26

He's using chemical weapons to halt the further advance in Damascus rdharma Aug 2013 #29

unfortunately, you are dead wrong on this: Assad IS desperate. AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #13

Sorry. He's not desperate in this way. This isn't end-game - not close. If it were, he'd have leveymg Aug 2013 #17

I didn't say anything about an "end game". AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #21

The troop concentrations that are most threatening..... are the ones entering Damascus. rdharma Aug 2013 #22

Use of nerve gas in your own backyard makes no military sense; it makes great sense to do leveymg Aug 2013 #24

If I was AQ and trying to strategize this is exactly what I would do. dkf Aug 2013 #30

The Syrian regime is not desperate; it is winning. It's the rebels who are desperate. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #25

Who the hell knows? HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #3

Likely the gov't Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #10

If the regime were going to use its CBW stockpile, it wouldn't waste it on a suburban neighborhood leveymg Aug 2013 #18

Who's you guys? n/t Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #19

It could even be Assad weapons, but appropriated by AQ or rebel factions. dkf Aug 2013 #31

They would have to know a lot to be able to use stolen Assad CW, Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #32

Well if you believe AQ was able to commandeer and fly 4 huge planes into buildings... dkf Aug 2013 #33

That's not what the other poster was saying. The whole munition was likely stolen, leveymg Aug 2013 #35

Stop looking for zebras. Horses are more likely by far. n/t Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #37

I thought we all wanted ponies, here? leveymg Aug 2013 #39

It doesn't make sense for the chemical weapons to be Assad's. He doesn't need them to win. kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #12

All we DO know is that al Queda = "rebels." David__77 Aug 2013 #15

The US must stay out...... we agree on that. rdharma Aug 2013 #23

Another objective assessment Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #27

So is this rejoiner, from the same thread at the other blog you linked. leveymg Aug 2013 #34

Speculative Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #36

Look who's talking. leveymg Aug 2013 #38