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Arctic Dave

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47. It is possible.

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 09:18 PM

Aug 2013

A direct hit in a stockpile of chemical containers would disperse the agent over a large area.

Check any number of videos posted showing how large an explosions debris and dust fly into the air. Now imagine it carrying toxic materials.

You just created an inadvertent "dirty bomb".

That's why trying to take out a CW storage facility with a cruise missile is not the way to destroy them.

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What if Assad ordered conventional strikes and that ignited Rebel Chemical Weapons [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

What other possibilities are plausible to you? Renew Deal Aug 2013 #1

There are MANY other possibilities which is why we need PROOF. dkf Aug 2013 #13

Then the rebels would be in the wrong. Motown_Johnny Aug 2013 #2

We don't know the reality. That's the point. dkf Aug 2013 #14

Ignite Sarin? rdharma Aug 2013 #3

We may soon know if sarin was even used (regardless of by whom). David__77 Aug 2013 #6

There are so many possibilities. David__77 Aug 2013 #4

How would you account for the jet fighters' napalm-like dump on the playground? nt pnwmom Aug 2013 #5

I put a link to that video in Comment #18 n/t Tx4obama Aug 2013 #20

Thanks! nt pnwmom Aug 2013 #27

Do you have any proof of any kind? Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #7

Speculation of the sort of thing we need to disprove prior to attacking. dkf Aug 2013 #8

OK. So you are engaging in wild speculation Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #34

You're serious? Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #9

It it's possible "mishandled" CWs caused it why isn't it possible dkf Aug 2013 #11

Sarin doesn't ignite, Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #35

Oh are you arguing semantics? dkf Aug 2013 #38

I give up. Reread my post, and then read the stuff at the link. Or not. Your choice. n/t Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #39

please do not think outside the chosen narrative lol nt msongs Aug 2013 #10

It's a moot point. The death toll from US strikes will rival the toll from the chem strike. Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #12

Yeah, killing everyone Assad wants killed apparently. dkf Aug 2013 #16

What if a frog had wings? TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #15

For a scholar, you're deaf to history.... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #22

But for a troglodyte, I'm remarkably observant. TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #44

Well played! Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #45

No worries TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #48

why are the rebels in control of chemical weapons? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #17

From Saudi Arabia/Prince Bandar. dkf Aug 2013 #19

and we know this to be a fact? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #23

We have reports...but as to fact that isn't something the US is interested dkf Aug 2013 #25

There is absolutely NO evidence that the rebels have chemical weapons. n/t Tx4obama Aug 2013 #30

Thank you.... VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #33

Maybe that's because we aren't interested in finding out of its true. dkf Aug 2013 #40

If you're talking about the articles from the examiner.com and the mintpressnews ... Tx4obama Aug 2013 #41

The attack with the napalm type chemical that BURNT folks was dropped from a FIGHTER JET Tx4obama Aug 2013 #18

Napalm is not classified as an outlawed chemical weapon. dkf Aug 2013 #24

The premise of the OP was that the napalm type chemicals set off the chemical weapons... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #26

No. Two different events in two different places. One couldn't have set off the other. n/t Tx4obama Aug 2013 #28

I'm not agreeing with the OP... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #29

I'm not sure what was confusing. Tx4obama Aug 2013 #32

Yes, by US in Falluja. You are absolutely correct. According to US it's not a banned chemical weapon idwiyo Aug 2013 #31

I am talking about the napalm type chemical missile that was dropped in SYRIA Tx4obama Aug 2013 #37

So why are you bringing it up? dkf Aug 2013 #42

Because all of those kids and people that got burnt all over their bodies are just as important. n/t Tx4obama Aug 2013 #43

And I am talking about US that did not sign Protocol III of the CCW and has stockpile of Napalm B. idwiyo Aug 2013 #46

Ask why would Assad attack a NATO country Turkey with rockets too.... Historic NY Aug 2013 #21

Yes, its one of several plausible theories. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #36

It is possible. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #47