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liberalhistorian

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18. Kerry has made a fool of himself

Reply to last1standing (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 09:22 AM

Sep 2013

over a LOT of issues, this is, by no means at all, the first time. I was never that thrilled with the idea of him as SOS in the first place, and that is being rapidly borne out.

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Kerry's claim of 1429 Syrian deaths is criticized [View all] David Krout Sep 2013 OP

Kerry has made a fool of himself over this issue. last1standing Sep 2013 #1

His agenda is showing, for sure. n/t Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #2

Kerry has made a fool of himself liberalhistorian Sep 2013 #18

That's absurd G_j Sep 2013 #3

Minor detail. Stop quibbling. Let freedom reign. jsr Sep 2013 #4

That is not what France reported in full. ProSense Sep 2013 #5

If evidence "appears to confirm 1500", why didn't France confirm 1500? David Krout Sep 2013 #8

So you're rejecting that part of the report? ProSense Sep 2013 #13

Woah! Hold on, you went from "appeared to confirmed," to "confirmed" David Krout Sep 2013 #16

"adding that evidence appeared to confirm an estimated 1,500 deaths. " ProSense Sep 2013 #17

Baloney - 281 confirmed means officially confirmed and identified. blm Sep 2013 #19

Provide the names. These are human beings, it is disgusting to see such a tragedy used for political sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #27

At least ProSense Sep 2013 #28

Anyone launching an attack on kids, clusterbombing them, White Phosphorousing them, bombing them, sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #30

"Did Assad do this?" ProSense Sep 2013 #31

So how does the US address the world wide charges of hypocrisy on matters of War Crimes? sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #32

"France has zero credibility on Syria or Libya." ProSense Sep 2013 #36

Why quibble over the exact number? treestar Sep 2013 #6

You assume Assad did it David Krout Sep 2013 #9

That's pretty well established treestar Sep 2013 #12

No, it's not. What IS well established is that there is a big, well funded push.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #14

This 'evidence' of a chemical attack was manufactured by Obama the same way blm Sep 2013 #20

There is not a single sentence in the article you link that supports a charge of Obama manufacturing grantcart Sep 2013 #25

I know - which is why I stated it the way I did. blm Sep 2013 #37

Can you substantiate that it's "pretty well established" deutsey Sep 2013 #15

From Der Spiegel- please follow link and read whole article. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #24

Thanks deutsey Sep 2013 #26

It is way more likely to happen if Al Queda, who are also suspects with Saudi backing, are not held sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #34

They did at least have the sense to round to the nearest whole number. David__77 Sep 2013 #7

But nothing says "certainty" like three places after the decimal. Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #10

Must confess the figure did sound odd dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #11

"I have in my hand a list of... JayhawkSD Sep 2013 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author proverbialwisdom Sep 2013 #22

Lies like poison gas JEB Sep 2013 #23

Only 1,429? His boss says THOUSANDS! jsr Sep 2013 #29

Everything tells you that this is all for public consumption... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #38

One more BIG question. We do not have enough facts to go to war in this situation. jwirr Sep 2013 #33

In war, truth is the first casualty. - Aeschylus Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #35