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karynnj

(61,104 posts)
9. I see you still believe RT and sputnik on the Assad gas attacks
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 09:42 AM
Jun 2019

The signature of the gas used matched the gas Assad had. Not to mention the rebels did not have airplanes -- and the gassing was by plane. There is a huge difference between being antiwar and believing propaganda.

It clearly was NOT the US. The last thing Obama wanted was for the "red line" to be crossed - as you can see by his reaction afterward. It was not in the interest of Russia to do it themselves. I assume you also believe that the Russians and Assad did not bomb the UN convoy in Aleppo. What is clear is the US was seen as NOT having a credible leverage of potential military action when teh Obama administration pushed all sides to follow a 2014 UN resolution to diplomatically end the violence.

At this point, we KNOW the disinformation that the Russians spread both through outlets like RT and Sputnik and through social media.

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