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AverageJoe90

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21. I didn't say anything about an "end game".

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:34 PM

Aug 2013

But he still is getting desperate:

If it were, he'd have

targeted troop concentrations and bases and installations inside Syria, in Turkey and Jordan.

But he hasn't. He's gone after civilians, too.....of course, I don't deny that the AQ guys seem to have done the same, but it shouldn't be used to exonerate Al-Assad in either case, because the gov't forces have done much of what they have.

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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