Is there a conspiracy around chemical weapons attacks in Syria

The Awkward Photo that Multi Millionaire John Kerry Doesn't Want You to See



Kerry and wife having a cozy dinner with the Assads in 2009

Kerry a Frequent Visitor with Syrian Dictator Bashar Al-Assad
Dec 21, 2012 http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs...r-syrian-dictator-bashar-al-assad_690885.html
"Well, I personally believe that -- I mean, this is my belief, okay? But President Assad has been very generous with me in terms of the discussions we have had. And when I last went to -- the last several trips to Syria -- I asked President Assad to do certain things to build the relationship with the United States and sort of show the good faith that would help us to move the process forward," said Kerry at a think tank.


John Kerry Does Not Like Bashir anymore :(

John Kerry quote from Sec of State Confirmation hearings:
"Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale" Kerry @ 1:04


One day someone is going to ask these employees of ours just exactly WTF they are talking about.

But not soon enough! LOL @ the masses.

So after Milosovic and Kosovo (PNAC war started by lies), and Iraq and Hussein (war started by lies) and Libya and Gaddafi (war started by lies) how can anyone even begin to believe anything they say at all?
 
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1. It is not a CT at all, it is fact as listed in my earlier posts above. See: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/is...apons-attacks-in-syria.2276/page-5#post-63948
The numbers of deaths are listed by Obama & Kerry as "over 1000" and "1400". (which is quite some discrepancy in itself as they are claiming excellent intel)
The figure used by Parliament is "350".


2. So you are equating "Something must be done" to mean 'The U.S should blow up the Syrian people with missiles'. Do you honestly believe that to be a serious argument. Perhaps you would like to consider that, 'something must be done' would likely stop well short of military action, (which will only kill more innocents) and 'something must be done' would be far more likely to mean 'strong diplomatic action specifically in relation to the CW issue' or even greater humanitarian aid for the people we are alleging to be concerned about.

3. The question I posed to you... (not Congress), was ""the attack is not time sensitive and action could just as easily be a month or so from now", can you give a cogent reason why 'the evidence', should not be made available to the U.N and time given for them to appraise the validity of said evidence and reach a decision on the best course of action?"

4. You say it "came from the Whitehouse" but if you inspect the four pages, it bears no logo or official accreditation or indeed even an authors name, so how do you know where it actually came from and if it did come from the Whitehouse, can you explain why it does not clearly say that on the heading or anywhere at all?

1. Yes you are turning nothing into something. The UK went ahead with a fast vote before they had all the data the US had. They did it while the US was releasing its data. Maybe the UK had data that said 350 were killed, then the US said no it's more than that 1500 were killed! Either way, it doesn't matter. Chemical Weapons were used. Illegally and people died.

2. We've already done everything we can with the Syrian people. We've given them aid. We've talked to Assad. I'm actually shocked that it has come to this point, because Obama is not one to just lead us into another war. He has always been adamantly against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan for seemingly similar reasons. He has always been against military force. It's clear Obama is angry at Assad and has lost his patience. Obama said that regime change is not his goal. He is going to be targeting key Syrian government headquarters and institutions to hurt Assad, probably so that he could find out for himself what its like to get slapped around a little and bruised up.

3. I don't really care what the UN does. Sure, in 2002 Bush got permission from the UN to attack Iraq and he did so in 2003. Obama should do the same, but he didn't for Libya.

Throughout our history, neither presidents nor Congresses have acted under the belief that the Constitution requires a declaration of war before the U.S. can conduct military hostilities abroad.

We have used force abroad more than 100 times but declared war in only five cases: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars, and World Wars I and II.
Without any congressional approval, presidents have sent forces to battle Indians, Barbary pirates and Russian revolutionaries, to fight North Korean and Chinese communists in Korea, to engineer regime changes in South and Central America, and to prevent human rights disasters in the Balkans.

Other conflicts, such as the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, and the 2003 Iraq War, received legislative “authorization” but not declarations of war.
If the issue were the environment or Social Security, Congress would enact policy first and the president would faithfully implement it second. But the Constitution does not duplicate this system in war. Instead, our Framers decided that the president would play the leading role in matters of national security.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013...without-congressional-approval/#ixzz2dkjvog2a

4. It's from the White House Press Page: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press...n-government-s-use-chemical-weapons-august-21
 
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And W played guitar while folks drowned in NOLA. Sorry, it is unfortunate that you can not accept anything our President does as good. Playing golf had no importance in this, other than a dig at him. I would take what you have to say more seriously if you were less biased.
sounds like your doing the same thing ? putting your hatred of George Bush the fool as a excuse for Obama failure ? at least I admit my mistake voting for GB and criticized him as well . You just cant find one thing wrong with Obama even when his own democratic friends do Playing golf just shows how little he cares , right after his speech . As a citizen it is our duty to criticize our leaders when they screw up .
 
Apparently there is satellite evidence. I don’t believe anything Al Qaeda says they will say anything to make themselves look tough! I don’t believe the Syrian Government or the Russians when they say, they didn't do this. I believe the evidence that is on our side. The four-page document that intercepted communications between Syrian officials "confirmed that chemical weapons were used by the regime". US satellites also picked up rockets being prepared and launched from regime territory into the rebel-held Ghouta area shortly before hundreds of civilians, including 426 children, began to foam at the mouth and fall dead "unstained by a single drop of blood". Are you going to dismiss all this as some great conspiracy, from the most anti-war President we've ever had? Really?

Your last comment is the most telling. Obama is not an anti-war president by any stretch of the imagination when his actual record as president is considered. He's only 'the most anti-war president ever' in rhetoric. Some simple research will rapidly confirm this. That you base your view of him on his rhetoric and that of the public figures who support him instead of his actions and decisions is somewhat indicative of believing what you're told in spite of the harsh, contradictory realities.
 
Your last comment is the most telling. Obama is not an anti-war president by any stretch of the imagination when his actual record as president is considered. He's only 'the most anti-war president ever' in rhetoric. Some simple research will rapidly confirm this. That you base your view of him on his rhetoric and that of the public figures who support him instead of his actions and decisions is somewhat indicative of believing what you're told in spite of the harsh, contradictory realities.

haha funny you think that. More research will reveal that Obama has used military power ONLY as a last resort. In all of his talks with other countries this is always what he states. The only reason that these countries get to this point is that they don't believe Obama! They are playing mind games with the guy. They are testing him, to see what he does, because they know he is a weak leader and only spits out the latest Democratic talking points.
 
If the personal characterizations here continue I'll lock the thread. If you want to argue with someone about their biases, then PM them.
 
1. Yes you are turning nothing into something.

Tell that to the Syrian people.
The UK went ahead with a fast vote before they had all the data the US had.

Really! 'Data'? What data? Then where is it. It is fabricated BS the same as it always is. Mockingbird press repeats the clear lies that come out of the Whitehouse time and time and time and time again.

The fleet that is amassed includes The nuclear powered 'Nimitz' aircraft carrier and at least five warships complete with amphibious landing craft and Obama claims intent of 'only a limited and short missile strike' and you believe that do you? It looks much more like a major attack and Kerry and Brzezinski are already stating that a 'limited attack will make the U.S look weak'. Any excuse to go to war.

They did it while the US was releasing its data.
You mean 'statement'. They have released no data/evidence only claims as per normal. They are proven liars time after time. Release the evidence if they want to be believed.

Maybe the UK had data that said 350 were killed, then the US said no it's more than that 1500 were killed!
All they have is rhetoric and unsubstantiated claims. So you believe that doctors in the middle east are so backwards that they cannot count the amount of people who died from nerve gas nearly two weeks ago?

But the vaunted and reliable U.S 'intelligence' :rolleyes:, can tell who did what when and where and yet cannot tell how many people died from CW's?

Obama says it in his own words, 'The Syrian Army shelled the area with a massive bombardment, (NB conventional weapons) and deployed the gas, resulting in total fatalities of of 1000 to 1400. He deliberately conflated the figures and assumes on bogus rationale that the Assad Govt "did it",(released the gas).
Either way, it doesn't matter. Chemical Weapons were used. Illegally and people died.
The Assad Govt has been fighting Al Nusra and other foreign fighters, who have CW's, have been shown to use CW's and outrageous murders and slaughter of innocents and are funded and trained by the U.S, for two years. And apparently you are content that the Obama 'regime', is funding and training the very same people who you are allegedly at war with. Is that right?

Also it is strange how the U.S supplied Saddam with chemical weapons against Iran and gave them help in deploying them and did its utmost to minimise any international condemnation and yet they are now so quick to call for military action and I do not care if you 'call it a war or not', it is war. The Obama 'regime' needs to be brought to account by its people and reigned in from it's bully boy tactics around the world, even in Europe and toward its own people.

I said "The question I posed to you... (not Congress), was ""the attack is not time sensitive and action could just as easily be a month or so from now", can you give a cogent reason why 'the evidence', should not be made available to the U.N and time given for them to appraise the validity of said evidence and reach a decision on the best course of action?"

Apparently you cannot.

3. I don't really care what the UN does. Sure, in 2002 Bush got permission from the UN to attack Iraq and he did so in 2003. Obama should do the same, but he didn't for Libya.
Then you believe in an isolated U.S do you? You are saying the U.N doesn't matter are you? 'America will go around bombing and killing people at will', are you?
 
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A Marine Corps spokesman confirmed the Marines’ recruiting website was tampered with and redirected temporarily Monday but said no information was compromised in the attack.

The Syrian Electronic Army is supposedly responsible for this attack, adding it to its list of other high-profile defacements.

What the Syrian Rebel Army’s redirect notice said. (Image via Official_SEA16/Twitter)
 
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Seems like Obama is having a little mutiny on his hands ?

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Al Qaida literally means "database", pertaining to a computer file of thousands of mjujahideen who were recruited, radicalized, and trained by the CIA to fight the Soviets. Depending on the situation and circumstances, they're either a friend or ally. Whichever suits them best for the particular situation. During the Soviet War, they were an ally. On 9/11 when we needed a scapegoat to launch wars, they were an enemy. Now in Syria they're an ally again. Are these guys behind the scenes schizophrenic? I don't understand how people are handling the Orwellian cognitive dissonance.
 
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Seems like Obama is having a little mutiny on his hands ?

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Funny how you and those brave anonymous soldiers fixate so much on Obama. McCain and company have been calling for military intervention in Syria for over a year. Maybe you should mutiny against them too.

Oh, and those soldiers really look principled hiding like that. If they feel so strongly, maybe they should take a real stand and resign their post.

And where were those guys in the previous several conflicts?
 
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Seems like Obama is having a little mutiny on his hands ?

Image: Armed Forces Tea Party on Facebook
Impossible to prove they are genuine...but it seems highly likely as it is undeniably true.

Scombrid, how 'principled' would you like them to be? As principled as Manning? I wonder if they may be in fear of facing the same fate as Bradley Manning if they were to disclose their identities? :rolleyes: I imagine there will be a huge manhunt mounted to track them down and 'bring them to justice'... just hope they have not given their identities away in some manner. I wonder how principled you would be in that situation but it is easy to cat call others who take a stand when you are out of danger isn't it.

Imagine being ordered by the President to aid Al Qaeda, (rebranded as Al Nusra). They must be pretty pissed off. But outrageously that is what is happening. Obama is aiding the enemy. An attack on Syria will aid Al Nusra in setting up a Jihadist state and bringing even more carnage to an already devastated Country. I think Obama should be impeached for his actions.
 
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Proof or no proof... that is the question.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...me-behind-gas-attack/articleshow/22229328.cms
PARIS: France was set on Monday to provide what it says is clear evidence that the Syrian regime was behind a devastating chemical attack, as Western leaders bid to overcome widespread scepticism to military action.
With US President Barack Obama also lobbying Congress to back strikes, Damascus said it remained on alert for a possible attack, urging the United Nations to "prevent any aggression" against it.

French government sources said evidence proving the regime's involvement in the attack would be provided to top lawmakers at a meeting with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at 1500 GMT.
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Another undemocratic democracy saying F... the People. Give the 'proof' in secret. So what is so secret about this 'proof'? Why can it not be disclosed to the public?

"It will be a set of evidence of different kinds that will allow the regime to be clearly identified as responsible for the August 21 chemical attack," a government source said. Another government source said the evidence would include "declassified secret documents" and that "some of them could be made public".
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So is it that this proof is not as convincing as the proof that we have had to justify previous wars... such as Rumsfeld's "one of many OBL nuclear bunkers":

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Or this evidence showing the threat from nuclear missiles:



How bad can the evidence be that they will not disclose it?

A hard at work Pres.

France has emerged as the main US ally in the Syria crisis after the British parliament in a shock move rejected plans for military action mooted by Washington.

But public opinion in both countries is deeply sceptical and in a surprise move Obama put off threatened missile strikes, saying he would seek approval from Congress first.

That pushed back any US-led military action until at least September 9, when US lawmakers return from their summer break.

Obama and other top administration officials lobbied individual members of Congress in calls on Sunday, saying Washington had proof the Damascus regime used sarin gas in the attack.

More calls were planned for Monday, a US holiday.
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Funny how you and those brave anonymous soldiers fixate so much on Obama. McCain and company have been calling for military intervention in Syria for over a year. Maybe you should mutiny against them too.

Oh, and those soldiers really look principled hiding like that. If they feel so strongly, maybe they should take a real stand and resign their post.

And where were those guys in the previous several conflicts?
McCain and Gram ? They are fools ! They are RINOs . They are progressives as is Hillary Obama ECT . Nobel peace Prize PreZ ? Muslim Brotherhood like his brother like Al Qaeda . http://www.examiner.com/article/egy...ating-obama-is-part-of-the-muslim-brotherhood
 
Scombrid, how 'principled' would you like them to be?

Resign from the military and pick up a bullhorn.

As principled as Manning? I wonder if they may be in fear of facing the same fate as Bradley Manning if they were to disclose their identities?

Not analogous.

They want to protest? Then all they have to do is resign and they are legal.

That is not analogous to stealing confidential information and releasing it. What they are doing right now is not legal and it is chickenshit.



Imagine being ordered by the President to aid Al Qaeda, They must be pretty pissed off. But outrageously that is what is happening.

Where were these guys in all the other conflict going back to the 1970s in which our military aided groups like the Taliban?

An attack on Syria will aid Al Nusra in setting up a Jihadist state and bringing even more carnage to an already devastated Country.

So you want to prop up the dictator?

I think Obama should be impeached for his actions.
What are you going to do when McCain and Graham get their way and Congress votes to attack? Still totally blame Obama?
 
Resign from the military and pick up a bullhorn.



Not analogous.

They want to protest? Then all they have to do is resign and they are legal.

That is not analogous to stealing confidential information and releasing it. What they are doing right now is not legal and it is chickenshit.





Where were these guys in all the other conflict going back to the 1970s in which our military aided groups like the Taliban?



So you want to prop up the dictator?


What are you going to do when McCain and Graham get their way and Congress votes to attack? Still totally blame Obama?
No blame the progressives and Obama. What will you do when WW3 starts ?
 
McCain and Gram ? They are fools ! They are RINOs

They are Congressmen. They aren't Obama. They have been demanding to attack Syria for awhile now.

Why the fixation on Obama if these guys are also so bad? It doesn't quite fit the conspiracy theory that Obama is trying to help out his Al Queda brothers if Republican Congressmen are spoiling to attack Syria as well, RINO or otherwise.
 
They are Congressmen. They aren't Obama. They have been demanding to attack Syria for awhile now.

Why the fixation on Obama if these guys are also so bad? It doesn't quite fit the conspiracy theory that Obama is trying to help out his Al Queda brothers if Republican Congressmen are spoiling to attack Syria as well, RINO or otherwise.
Obama is the President. The buck stops there and it is undeniable that he is lobbying hard for a big military attack. Yes I agree the other warmongers are just as bad and they should be voted out but that is the problem. Big business says who should be in Congress and who runs for President.

It is the 'Left and Right Twix' analogy. Totally different but exactly the same. This is why I keep saying you do not have a democracy. I don't say it to be vindictive or snarky, I say it because I want you to have a true democracy as I want other Countries, (inc my own to be a true democracy).

The M.E is a mess and it is largely to do with the U.S interference and regime changes that the U.S have engineered. No one I know disputes that Saddam, Gaddafi, Morsi, Assad etc are bad people but it does not justify the U.S blundering in and making the situation vastly worse by killing millions of innocent civilians and empowering terrorists to take over the Countries.

Brzezinski said it was worth supporting Al Qaeda because it was destabilising Russia. The blowback is enormous. The Cold War is over. Russia and China are competitors but they are fully engaged in being part of the International Community. You cannot have it both ways. It appears that the attacks by the U.S in the M.E are all about kicking Russia entirely out of the region and to do that the U.S is prepared to fund, train, arm and support it's sworn enemy... Al Qaeda.

It is a ridiculous situation. America is losing support around the world and is seen as a major aggressor, (which they undoubtedly are). It's own citizens are spied on and treated like terrorists, whilst the true terrorists are trained and armed to fight proxy wars against a democratically elected Syrian Govt, which although far from perfect at least ran a stable, peaceful country before the U.S stirred up insurrection by outsiders.

 
They are Congressmen. They aren't Obama. They have been demanding to attack Syria for awhile now.

Why the fixation on Obama if these guys are also so bad? It doesn't quite fit the conspiracy theory that Obama is trying to help out his Al Queda brothers if Republican Congressmen are spoiling to attack Syria as well, RINO or otherwise.
they are progressives they are all the same as with Bush , republican and democrat doesnt matter . They are bought and payed for by Oil Sheikhs .
GIVE OBAMA AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATION IN SYRIA?
YES 8.55% (46,651 votes)

NO 91.45% (499,191 votes)

Total Votes: 545,842
 
Here is a update on a conservative site . This probably doesnt account for many liberals .
9/2/13 19:30 PM ET

GIVE OBAMA AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATION IN SYRIA?
YES 8.6% (53,091 votes)

NO 91.4% (564,270 votes)

Total Votes: 617,361 So about 9% support it and theyll do it anyway ? Some Government !:(
 
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Obama is the President. The buck stops there and it is undeniable that he is lobbying hard for a big military attack. Yes I agree the other warmongers are just as bad and they should be voted out but that is the problem. Big business says who should be in Congress and who runs for President.

It is the 'Left and Right Twix' analogy. Totally different but exactly the same. This is why I keep saying you do not have a democracy. I don't say it to be vindictive or snarky, I say it because I want you to have a true democracy as I want other Countries, (inc my own to be a true democracy).

Actually the reason there is support from both sides of the aisle is not because they are "the same underneath" but because the issue is not polarizing on the axis that other issues like gay rights, abortion, minimum wage, etc typically are.

There is a myriad of support and opposition in both the Senate and House, from both sides of the aisle:

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/09/politics/syria-congress-vote-count/house.html?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/09/politics/syria-congress-vote-count/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


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Brzezinski said it was worth supporting Al Qaeda because it was destabilising Russia. The blowback is enormous. The Cold War is over. Russia and China are competitors but they are fully engaged in being part of the International Community. You cannot have it both ways. It appears that the attacks by the U.S in the M.E are all about kicking Russia entirely out of the region and to do that the U.S is prepared to fund, train, arm and support it's sworn enemy... Al Qaeda.

How do you explain the fact that, in reality, Russia has a vast and growing influence in the region which the US has essentially done nothing about? There are a lot more countries than Iraq and Afghanistan in the region.

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It is a ridiculous situation. America is losing support around the world and is seen as a major aggressor, (which they undoubtedly are). It's own citizens are spied on and treated like terrorists, whilst the true terrorists are trained and armed to fight proxy wars against a democratically elected Syrian Govt, which although far from perfect at least ran a stable, peaceful country before the U.S stirred up insurrection by outsiders.

That's funny, this excerpt from the Human Rights Watch World Report with regards to Syria sounds strikingly similar to your description of the US:


Syria’s poor human rights situation deteriorated further in 2009, as the authorities arrested political and human rights activists, censored websites, detained
bloggers, and imposed travel bans. No political parties are licensed. Emergency
rule, imposed in 1963, remains in effect and Syria’s multiple security agencies
continue to detain people without arrest warrants. The Supreme State Security
Court (SSSC), an exceptional court with almost no procedural guarantees,
resumed trials in March 2009, following an eight-month suspension.
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http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010.pdf

I sincerely hope you don't actually think Bashar Al-Assad was democratically elected or that his time as leader has been marked by peace and stability. Neither are true. The only reason he's president is because his brother, the heir-to-be, died in a car accident. There is no democratic election. A sense of stability might have existed, but that's because the country was officially in a state of emergency(that's right, martial law) between 1963 to 2011. In reality they have a terrible track record for human rights:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Syria
 
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I think this tweet perfectly encapsulates the attack on Syria Obama is proposing:

Obamas not calling for war . Its more like a drive by shooting .
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Actually the reason there is support from both sides of the aisle is not because they are "the same underneath" but because the issue is not polarizing on the axis that other issues like gay rights, abortion, minimum wage, etc typically are.

Yes there are minor disagreements in respect of minority issues. This is the basis that the German election is currently being fought on... minor rubbish, because all parties are agreed on the major issues. The 'Twix' analogy... 'they are completely different because one is "left" and the other is "right".

Let's see.


How do you explain the fact that, in reality, Russia has a vast and growing influence in the region which the US has essentially done nothing about? There are a lot more countries than Iraq and Afghanistan in the region.

Yes there are a lot more Countries and the U.S have identified in PNAC which ones they intended to do something about. How are they doing so far. Done, (to bits), Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan. In progress: Syria and Iran

Russia is only 'expanding' relatively as it suffered huge set backs in the area and is now slightly recovering.

http://www.offiziere.ch/?p=13199
After Anwar Sadat removed Soviet troops from Egypt in 1972, the country tilted toward the United States. The 1979 peace treaty with Israel and billions of dollars in military aid cemented a partnership that was at the heart of an American order in the region which kept autocrats in power in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the smaller monarchies in the Persian Gulf. Diminished Soviet influence and the absence of state war between the Arab countries and Israel in subsequent years underlined the success of this strategy. American interests were served for thirty years.

Stability in the Middle East began to unravel in 2003 when the United States and other willing Western powers removed Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. While not an Arab ally, Hussein was nevertheless an asset in maintaining Sunni dominance in the region and containing Shia Iran. Hence American support for his regime in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

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That's funny, this excerpt from the Human Rights Watch World Report with regards to Syria sounds strikingly similar to your description of the US:


Syria’s poor human rights situation deteriorated further in 2009, as the authorities arrested political and human rights activists, censored websites, detained
bloggers, and imposed travel bans. No political parties are licensed. Emergency
rule, imposed in 1963, remains in effect and Syria’s multiple security agencies
continue to detain people without arrest warrants. The Supreme State Security
Court (SSSC), an exceptional court with almost no procedural guarantees,
resumed trials in March 2009, following an eight-month suspension.
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(Warning, large PDF - Syria is page 555)
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010.pdf

I sincerely hope you don't actually think Bashar Al-Assad was democratically elected or that his time as leader has been marked by peace and stability. Neither are true. The only reason he's president is because his brother, the heir-to-be, died in a car accident. There is no democratic election. A sense of stability might have existed, but that's because the country was officially in a state of emergency(that's right, martial law) between 1963 to 2011. In reality they have a terrible track record for human rights:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Syria

As it does to Egypt, Saudi, Bahrain, Oman, Turkey, Jordan and a host of other unsavoury dictators supported by the U.S. So why pick on Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Iran etc? Could it be because they are not aligned with the U.S and that is their actual 'crime'?
 
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In all of his talks with other countries this is always what he states. .
Again defining the man by his rhetoric and not his actions/choices.
They are Congressmen. They aren't Obama. They have been demanding to attack Syria for awhile now.

Why the fixation on Obama if these guys are also so bad? It doesn't quite fit the conspiracy theory that Obama is trying to help out his Al Queda brothers if Republican Congressmen are spoiling to attack Syria as well, RINO or otherwise.
You'll find that in authoritarian matters (war/surveillance/security/the law) the supposed war between Obama and republicans, in which the republicans, so the myth goes, counter every position Obama takes, vanishes in a poof of smoke. Their 'disagreement' on this particular issue presents a false choice. The question of whether you go to war or not is re-framed as a question of what sort of war you're going to, McCain style or Obama style. Obama style, seeming less excessive, is viewed as the more 'peaceful' route... to the point folks, when observing the 'choice', actually buy into the notion that what Obama is proposing is a more 'peaceful' measure.
Are soldiers legally bound to never voice an opinion on military engagements they may be obliged to take part in?
Almost certainly, at least to some extent.
 
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No he didn't. He wrote about how to limit Syria's influence in Lebanon.

http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm


  • Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right — as a means of foiling Syria’s regional ambitions. Jordan has challenged Syria's regional ambitions recently by suggesting the restoration of the Hashemites in Iraq. This has triggered a Jordanian-Syrian rivalry to which Asad has responded by stepping up efforts to destabilize the Hashemite Kingdom, including using infiltrations. Syria recently signaled that it and Iran might prefer a weak, but barely surviving Saddam, if only to undermine and humiliate Jordan in its efforts to remove Saddam.

    But Syria enters this conflict with potential weaknesses: Damascus is too preoccupied with dealing with the threatened new regional equation to permit distractions of the Lebanese flank. And Damascus fears that the 'natural axis' with Israel on one side, central Iraq and Turkey on the other, and Jordan, in the center would squeeze and detach Syria from the Saudi Peninsula. For Syria, this could be the prelude to a redrawing of the map of the Middle East which would threaten Syria's territorial integrity.

    Since Iraq's future could affect the strategic balance in the Middle East profoundly, it would be understandable that Israel has an interest in supporting the Hashemites in their efforts to redefine Iraq, including such measures as: visiting Jordan as the first official state visit, even before a visit to the United States, of the new Netanyahu government; supporting King Hussein by providing him with some tangible security measures to protect his regime against Syrian subversion; encouraging — through influence in the U.S. business community — investment in Jordan to structurally shift Jordan’s economy away from dependence on Iraq; and diverting Syria’s attention by using Lebanese opposition elements to destabilize Syrian control of Lebanon.

    Most important, it is understandable that Israel has an interest supporting diplomatically, militarily and operationally Turkey’s and Jordan’s actions against Syria, such as securing tribal alliances with Arab tribes that cross into Syrian territory and are hostile to the Syrian ruling elite.
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No he didn't. He wrote about how to limit Syria's influence in Lebanon.

http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm
Guess you will have to get the wiki police in to sanitize and edit history as someone has written, as John stated:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Realm?id=1
A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm (commonly known as the "Clean Break" report) is a policy document that was prepared in 1996 by a study group led by Richard Perle for Benjamin Netanyahu, the then Prime Minister of Israel.[1] The report explained a new approach to solving Israel's security problems in the Middle East with an emphasis on "Western values". It has since been criticized for advocating an aggressive new policy including the removal of Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, and the containment of Syria by engaging in proxy warfare and highlighting their possession of "weapons of mass destruction".
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Sounds like a coincidence. Strange no one mentioned that. No doubt someone will. :)

I mean if there was really such a plot, they would have done it ages ago, wouldn't they?
 
Why go by the Wiki entry, when I quoted the actual document?
Why not... The actual document agrees anyway.

http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm
Given the nature of the regime in Damascus, it is both natural and moral that Israel abandon the slogan "comprehensive peace" and move to contain Syria, drawing attention to its weapons of mass destruction program, and rejecting "land for peace" deals on the Golan Heights.

We must distinguish soberly and clearly friend from foe. We must make sure that our friends across the Middle East never doubt the solidity or value of our friendship.
Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right — as a means of foiling Syria’s regional ambitions. Jordan has challenged Syria's regional ambitions recently by suggesting the restoration of the Hashemites in Iraq. This has triggered a Jordanian-Syrian rivalry to which Asad has responded by stepping up efforts to destabilize the Hashemite Kingdom, including using infiltrations. Syria recently signaled that it and Iran might prefer a weak, but barely surviving Saddam, if only to undermine and humiliate Jordan in its efforts to remove Saddam.
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The claim was the document explained how the US could invade Syria. It does not.
 
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The claim was the document explained how the US could invade Syria. It does not.
Semantics rearing its head again?

What is the difference between 'rolling back Syria' and invading Syria?

i.e. Like Israel keeps rolling back/invading Palestine and then building on it and then moving forward and taking another chunk... repeat as required.

Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria
 
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Semantics rearing its head again?

What is the difference between 'rolling back Syria' and invading Syria?

i.e. Like Israel keeps rolling back/invading Palestine and then building on it and then moving forward and taking another chunk... repeat as required.

Debatable. However, it's not the US though. Israel, Turkey and Jordan. The claim was the US.
 
Debatable. However, it's not the US though. Israel, Turkey and Jordan. The claim was the US.
Do you deny that the U.S often uses proxies to do its dirty work? The claim, 'the U.S did', x, y or z, does not necessarily mean, 'U.S directly'.
 
On the subject of Israel, we're all aware they were dropping chemical weapons on Gaza between 2008 and 2009, yes? That they lied about it to the UN, right up until one the shells hit the UN headquarters in Gaza? If chemical weapons are such a 'red line', and the impending military action in Syria is all about the humanitarian effort to prevent further use of chemical weapons, where was the military action against Israel then? Interesting that when a business partner uses chemical weapons against citizens within its own borders they get a wag of the finger, whereas when an obstruction is alleged to have done it, bombing the fuck out of them is the only moral thing to do.
 
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