04-13-2017, 10:40 AM
(04-12-2017, 06:58 PM)Mikebert Wrote: But this is besides the point. Did anyone read the linked material? It looks like Assad was not responsible for the 2013 gas attack. Note that the NYT did not list this attack as one of the atrocities of the Syrian regime. If the American government was wrong about the 2013 gas attack, and wrong about the Iraqi WMDs, how certain are you that Assad really is behind this attack?
Not certain. I do believe Assad is behind these attacks, but I could be wrong. About the latest one, they said they had satellite coverage of it. That the attacks occurred, is certain; unlike Iraq's possession of WMD which was never proven.
It seems implausible to me that the rebels could acquire these weapons, or that they could or would stage these attacks in order to discredit Assad.