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WorseBeforeBetter

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54. Tell it to the OP.

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 11:37 AM

Sep 2013

“This situation has no precedent,” said Amy E. Smithson, an expert on chemical weapons at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. “They are cramming what would probably be five or six years’ worth of work into a period of several months, and they are undertaking this in an extremely difficult security environment due to the ongoing civil war.”

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An immediate test of the viability of the accord will come within a week, when the Syrian government is to provide a “comprehensive listing” of its chemical arsenal. That list is to include the types and quantities of Syria’s poison gas, the chemical munitions it possesses, and the location of its storage, production and research sites.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/world/middleeast/syria-talks.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

It's interesting to watch those whipped into a frenzy over chemical weapons, when over 100,000 have been killed from conventional weapons, executions, and God knows what else. And millions (per UNHCR) displaced. Where's the outrage been for the past two and a half years?

Syria Death Toll: More than 110,000 Dead In Conflict, NGO Says
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/01/syria-death-toll_n_3851982.html

The timetable seems extremely aggressive, and even if CWs are destroyed, then what?

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So far, President Obama has Managed to Disarm Syria Without a Single Shot Being Fired. [View all] LaydeeBug Sep 2013 OP

Did you think he would fire one? nt LWolf Sep 2013 #1

I mean...it was a metaphor...but here, I'll change the title for you. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #3

Do you think we had nothing to do with starting and arming the civil war? We have blood on other leveymg Sep 2013 #18

"we might as well have" is NOT the same as "we did" nt LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #23

Morally, it's probably worse. There's nothing to celebrate about this. leveymg Sep 2013 #35

*probably* worse? Good *LORD* And there *is* cause to celebrate. We averted a war. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #39

We also started and fueled a civil war in which 100,000 people died that has spread in the region. leveymg Sep 2013 #41

Imagine our country if Shrub had done that with WMD ? orpupilofnature57 Sep 2013 #2

Honestly. What if W had demanded proof instead of going to war LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #5

It will take teamwork between both the Obama Administration and Putin Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #4

Syria is still sitting on all of those beautiful, shiny chemical warheads derby378 Sep 2013 #6

...that they have to turn over in a week, as per the link in the OP LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #8

They don't have to turn over any weapons in a week. former9thward Sep 2013 #14

Actually reading the article offered up in the OP might have been a good start. WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2013 #20

I don't know where to start.... former9thward Sep 2013 #40

Tell it to the OP. WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2013 #54

And your answer to the problem was what exactly?..... pkdu Sep 2013 #28

Crickets? former9thward Sep 2013 #42

President Obama is doing fine. Ignore the naysaysers. nt BootinUp Sep 2013 #7

Well, The wheel is still very much in spin, Vanje Sep 2013 #19

It's so weird to see people who were rationalizing war a few days ago, suddenly Marr Sep 2013 #9

Here's my post from 9-2 "rationalizing war" BootinUp Sep 2013 #12

It's so weird to see people who were running around with their hair on fire BumRushDaShow Sep 2013 #15

LOL! nt LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #26

haha... no shit fascisthunter Sep 2013 #21

yup Skittles Sep 2013 #22

It's so weird to see people MAKE SHIT UP and project it onto you because they feel entitled. LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #24

Plus a billion. Number23 Sep 2013 #59

I don't see the disconnect treestar Sep 2013 #53

Conservative ... JEFF9K Sep 2013 #10

That can't be true... SidDithers Sep 2013 #11

We weren't wrong. bowens43 Sep 2013 #30

Yes you were. And you are...nt SidDithers Sep 2013 #32

Syria has not been disarmed. former9thward Sep 2013 #13

"Putin was part of the problem and PBO forced him to be part of the solution.." Cha Sep 2013 #16

Hey you're welcome, and it your sig line your page on FB? LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #25

No, I stole it from a DUer who posted here Cha Sep 2013 #27

Itis one of my all time faves on FB. I love their updates in my newsfeed. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #36

It is obvious Assad thought the oder for a strike was coming, Assad wanted to give credit to the Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #17

Obama has done nothing but make dumb ass remarks. bowens43 Sep 2013 #29

He has done *nothing*, eh? LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #37

I'm having a bit of "tense anxiety". All these past tense references to things that won't happen BlueStreak Sep 2013 #31

Now if he would only listen to us about the drones, too. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #33

good job obama Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #34

revisionist history a la LaydeeBug cali Sep 2013 #38

projectionist chronicling a la cali LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #45

^^^ this. cali tells the truth. n/t PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #52

Don't be counting chickens before the eggs hatch. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #43

I said, "So far..." and so far it's true, and that's awesome. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #47

you counting shots or disarmament? hobbit709 Sep 2013 #48

Pentagon: "Boots on the ground" may be needed in Syria after all. woo me with science Sep 2013 #44

"maybe", "maybe NOT", but you knew this. LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #46

... woo me with science Sep 2013 #49

Never toast the deal until the check clears, and it is a questionable thing to claim that Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #50

Learn Pooty Poot! treestar Sep 2013 #51

can't you just see his soul behind his eyes? you know, like w did? LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #57

And he did it with a glint in his eye. Scurrilous Sep 2013 #55

Well, I Am Glad That John Boehner Isn't President Of Russia Liberal_Dog Sep 2013 #56

Kick! Cha Sep 2013 #58