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polly7

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14. Me too. And how the Inspectors were supposedly not allowed to do their jobs, etc., rinse, repeat.
Tue Sep 3, 2013, 10:15 PM
Sep 2013

By Damien McElroy and agencies9:04AM BST 06 May 2013

"According to the testimonies we have gathered, the rebels have used chemical weapons, making use of sarin gas," del Ponte, a former war crimes prosecutor, said in an interview with Swiss radio late on Sunday.
"We still have to deepen our investigation, verify and confirm (the findings) through new witness testimony, but according to what we have established so far, it is at the moment opponents of the regime who are using sarin gas," she added.
She stressed that the UN commission of inquiry on Syria, which she is a part of, had far from finished its investigation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10039672/UN-accuses-Syrian-rebels-of-chemical-weapons-use.html


President Obama has no United Nations approval for intervention. (In February a massive bombing attack in Damascus left 100 dead and 250 wounded; in all likelihood the work of Islamic terrorists. The United States blocked a Russian resolution condemning the attack from moving through the UN Security Council)

http://williamblum.org/aer/read/120


It smells just as bad now as it did then.

And check out just how the Security Council came about getting it's information for action against Libya.




I have no doubt there will be hell unleashed on Syria, but not for any 'humanitarian' reason.

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It's the flight forward/hysteria about Hitler/"Munich" that's the insanity. David__77 Sep 2013 #1
Thank you Nancy Pelosi & sen Reid golfguru Sep 2013 #2
As I said in another you posted this in tazkcmo Sep 2013 #3
I suspect I speak for others here when I say that cali Sep 2013 #4
Didn't you claim Kerry was lying. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #7
not about that, pro dear. n/t do try and pay attention cali Sep 2013 #8
What's you're saying is that because you disagree with Kerry he's lying. ProSense Sep 2013 #9
does this mean france and germany are part of pnac JI7 Sep 2013 #5
It's more than that. ProSense Sep 2013 #6
I still remember all the "undeniable evidence" of Saddam's WMDs Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #10
So you don't believe there was a chemical attack? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #11
I never said that, but thanks for putting words in my mouth Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #12
Where ProSense Sep 2013 #13
I have been lied to by governments about war too many times Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #15
You keep saying that there was an attack, but comparing it to non-existing WMD. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #17
I am comparing it to a chemical weapons attack which our government ordered Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #18
No, you're dismissing it by trying to make a false equivalency. ProSense Sep 2013 #20
There is no false equivalency, it is as wrong for the US to use chemical weapons as it is for Syria Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #21
Me too. And how the Inspectors were supposedly not allowed to do their jobs, etc., rinse, repeat. polly7 Sep 2013 #14
Kick. Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #16
Then France and Germany can start bombing Syria krispos42 Sep 2013 #19
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #22
Putin: Russia might let U.N. OK strike against Syria freshwest Sep 2013 #23
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