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In reply to the discussion: New HORRIFYING video shows civilians getting SLAUGHTERED in SYRIA by the Syrian Air Force 2013-08-27 [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)actors in Syria need to be convinced that this is the way to go. If they could figure that simple fact out NOW, they could avoid the risk of a mis-aimed weapon.
It needs to be made clear to the VP and the remaining generals and other officials within Assad's regime that, if they expect to survive, they're going to have to either mutiny and throw the Captain over the side, or convince the Captain to walk the plank into exile (after quickly finding a country that will take him--his good buddy, Russia, has said "Naaah--we don't want him!). Do this before a coalition acts against them, and a UN Blue Helmet crew could be on the ground in days, doing an orderly destruction of CW, shielded from "rebel" or "rogue Assad militia" attack by a continuous overflight protocol.
From that point, negotiations to discuss the future of Syria can begin, with the existing regime remaining in place, only without their despotic President, who will be replaced by the VP, and without their chemical weapons--and they are "their" chemical weapons; the only UN official to suggest otherwise on one occasion back in May has been thoroughly discredited (not the first time this individual has fucked up, either).
Ten more points off for "banksters," and read/learn: http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2013/05/27/chemical-war-in-syria_3417708_3218.html
You plainly aren't keeping up is not a "needless insult." It is a statement of simple fact. You aren't keeping up, and your declarations of fact are not fact at all--they're unsubstantiated opinions, with the odd attempt at conflation to try to misdirect/change the subject/avoid the actual issue.
The actual issue, one more time, is that al Assad is gassing noncombatant civilians -- this falls in the "crime against humanity" category. It's not negotiable, it's not hard to understand, and anyone who supports al-Assad at this point is supporting mass murder.
I suggest you get off that horse.