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Showing Original Post only (View all)For the Factually Challenged: Human Rights Organization Concludes Syrian Government Culpable [View all]
If I hear one more time from a Leftist ideologue or a Rightist libertarian that "we don't know who launched the chemical weapons in Syria" one more time, I am going to throw up. That lie to relieve the Syrian regime of the culpability of this horrific act just so these ideologues can score a debate point that is contrary to all the facts in evidence is abhorrent, pernicious and incredulous. Not only has the White House released a public intelligence assessment holding the Syrian government accountable and not only have publicly available photos and videos established that, the evidence has been accepted by the most ardent anti-war voices in Congress, including the sole dissenter on the original Afghan war vote, Barbara Lee.
And now, Human Rights Watch, the international human rights organization, has weighed in with its analysis of the attacks. And to the surprise of exactly no one reasonable, they too concluded that the attack was perpetrated by the Assad regime...
Available evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government forces were responsible for chemical weapons attacks on two Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013. These attacks, which killed hundreds of civilians including many children, appeared to use a weapons-grade nerve agent, most likely Sarin.
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http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/09/for-factually-challenged-human-rights.html