LEAKED Documents Reveal US Sees Israel As A SPYING THREAT

[BlueStreak]

55. What is the problem with considering a range of possibilities?

As I see it, the LEAST likely scenario is that Assad, who has the upper hand in this conflict, would take an unnecessary military action that he knew would be likely to bring Americans into his domain in a most unwelcome way. That seems preposterous on the face of it. But that is exactly what this administration is trying to sell us. The Brits didn't buy it, and we should not either.

But if Assad didn't order that action, how did it happen? As I mentioned up-thread, there are several possibilities that seem far more likely than Assad unilaterally deciding to do this. One of those is that Israel did it. That is certainly not the only possible explanation, and I'd be happy to go over the other 2 or 3 plausible scenarios that spring to mind. But this thread was specifically about the fact that some people in our government rightly, IMHO, regard Israel as either an enemy or at best a conditional ally whose interests often are quite different from ours.

Again, if you are willing to call a dispassionate discussion of the possibilities an "outlandish accusation", then you are arguing, essentially, that we cannot ever discuss anything other than the "company line". What would be the point of a discussion forum, then?