Following up on the occasional claims from other hawkish nations, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has claimed that France has absolute, undeniable “proof” that confirms the use of sarin-based chemical weapons by the Syrian government in the ongoing civil war.
The “proof” begins and ends with a claim of tests having been done, and no actual data related to such tests were released to the public, expecting us to take the officials’ word for it. The Obama Administration made it clear they’re unwilling to do so.
The White House was quick to reiterate its long-standing position that they don’t believe the information constitutes “proof” and that they “need more information” before drawing any actual conclusions.
Israel, Britain and France have been the primary sources of such allegations, with the UN’s own statements suggesting that it was “likely” that chemical weapons were used, but by the rebels, not the Syrian government.
They asked a robber "who is your WITNESS" he answered.., my friend.
Last week, Turkish police seized 2 kilos of sarin from al-Nusra militants near Adana. They also foiled a truck bomb plot, which was most likely a false flag operation intended to be blamed on the Syrian government in order to precipitate western intervention. Search 'adana sarin al-Nusra'.
Also, I'm reading that Erdogan's policy of aiding Syrian rebels is very unpopular in Turkey.
Of course, you never see any of this in the western media.
..and the new anglo-french move comes as Turkey arrested Al Nusra terrorists in possession of Sarin gas. SAA has also found cannisters with that content in Syria.
When it came to WMDs in Iraq, the U.S. had real proof, they said.
In this situation, no proof seems to be enough.
Proof is infinitely elastic it seems.
The US became involved in Libya in the way it did because of the French.
The French leaped in with strikes, then called for help because they did not have the numbers or types of aircraft, nor the stocks of ammo, to do what they had started.
The US was left the choice of letting NATO fail, or providing the command elements, planes, and munitions for it to succeed.
We must be wary of the French doing it to us again, in that way or any other way.
I don't believe them — no more WMD assurances, no more taking anyone's word on WMD.