What a difference 48 hours makes. On Tuesday, an Israeli brigadier general made a sudden claim of “repeated” chemical weapons use in Syria’s civil war, and Netanyahu declined to provide proof to Secretary of State John Kerry, saying he wasn’t in a position to do so. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who was in Israel Monday and didn’t hear anything like this, expressed major doubts yesterday.
Today there’s still no proof, but the US has done a total 180 on the matter, and is now saying that they believe “with some degree of varying confidence” that Syria has twice used chemical weapons on a “small scale.”
There’s nothing to believe the evidence, or appalling lack thereof, has changed in the last 24 hours, but Hagel is also on board now, condemning Syria for supposed use that “violates every convention of warfare.”
British officials, who were on board in the first place because they thought it might justify more pro-rebel moves, reiterated that support by claiming they have seen “limited but persuasive information” about chemical weapons use in Syria. Information that the public won’t get to see, of course.
Not sure if it's really an update. The official positions is still according to the latest article: ""Given our own history with intelligence assessments, including intelligence assessments related to weapons of mass destruction, it's very important that we are able to establish this with certainty,"
The intelligence stream with "raw data" has been poisoned since a long time. Hagel might know that but cannot get around the hype circus called Washington DC. Some clever pawns at Congress play this game very well: it's not about truth, it's about creating atmospheres. Creating a reality where truths fit the policy and policy follows the mood.
I think the British claimed a while back that they collected some soil samples from somewhere in Syria and found traces of Sarin in them. Of course, Syria is known to have Sarin, so not sure why finding traces of it in soil proves much.
Here it comes.
The LIES have started and reasons to meddle in another country's affairs are being foisted on the American People to prepare them for more wasting of blood and treasure on ANOTHER unnecessary war.
Trustworthy reports say the Syrian army is clearly gaining the upper hand. Homs province is as good as cleaned from terrorists and the supply routes from Lebanon are cut of. So the Nato and Arab states supporting the Al-Kaida dominated rebels are clearly looking for a justification for active military intervention. Remember Iraq. They want Syria destroyed. No political solution. The more succesful the Syrian army is, the more desperate they get. Let's hope the Russians and Chinese won't look away this time.
The resurrection of Josef Goebbels. This 'zombie' shit is becoming reality.
USA uses depleted uranium on a daily basis, a chemical Weapon.
It should be obvious why Hagel has backtracked. He's was TOLD TO! I'd love to see Justin Raimondo's face after his crowing about Hagel being a "defeat" for the War Party.
The obvious reason for the 180 is to justify increased foreign intervention, as I've been saying here for months. The entire REASON for the Syria crisis is to get Syria and Hizballah missile arsenals taken out by the US/NATO/Israel/Turkey in order to permit the Iran war to be started with less cost for Israel.
So when we are going to see the entire Middle East below up and Third World War starts…?
remember people the chosen told us so so it HAS to be true
so the US government HAS to go along with these shysters no matter what
Finally!! Mossad as come back to Damascus. Sarin was used on a small scale,can anyone define that statement? The israeli states that they have proof but is unable show any, I bet they are looking for a place to plant that pressure cooker.
If we get involved we will drop white phosphorous , we will drop icm on their civilian, we will shoot depleted uranium, then we will blow up the biological weapons and chemical weapons depots in such a way that it falls out on our troops and on civilians, just like we did in Iraq. The war may be over quickly but we will have a civil war on our hands that will be devastating for Syria and cost us a fortune and have a uncertain outcome.
I'm not sure why they bother with these claims. People are so used to them making shit like this up out of whole cloth that even if it is true they are "the boys who cried wolf" too many times already.
What this man is saying is that: we know that Israel is lying.., we know that.., but the amount of chemical used is not enough for USA to start the Third World War…, they need to come up with a bigger and bolder lie for USA to start a bigger and bolder war… Like the one about Iraq having WMD.., a total lie by the Anglo Saxonian which killed more then a million Iraqis and ruined that country.
The more likely conclusion, if in fact sarin was used, is that it came from the Libyan stocks which were not destroyed, which the Al Nusra from Libya now control. Assad has been very rational in not provoking the U.S. even though the U.S. has been responsible for the devastation Syria has suffered.
Kerry has been a disappointment and more since after the Iran Contra hearings and investigation where he acquitted himself well. Hagel, however, is one in whom one might have had more faith. He will lose total credibility if he is complicit in manufacturing a WMD lie. We cannot keep invading and destroying countries and people and doing so under false pretexts. The Syrian people should never have been forced to suffer in this way, and while the Administration cries crocodile tears, it has done nothing to stop its proxies from continuing to destroy Syria.
I recall that 8 or 9 years ago Michelle Obama saying that she was "finally proud to be an American". I never thought that her husband would make so many more of us ashamed.
Why should we trust any sort of "intelligence" from Israel? They claim they didn't / couldn't correctly identify the U.S.S. Liberty after 8 hours of aerial surveillance – nor during their 2 hour attack on this well marked naval intelligence ship flying a large American flag (killing 34 and wounding 173 sailors). Only politicians cowering to AIPAC could be so stupid to believe the Israeli war hawks (who seem to want the USA to destroy the armies of all of their surrounding countries).
Hagel being a defeat for the war party? Not on your life. I told Justin Raimondo and everyone else here that putting Chuckie boy at defense was going to do nothing to stop the war machine. In fact, it would rev the war machine up and put it into overdrive because the "opposition" would be cowed into silence, which it most certainly has. Either Justin Raimondo is a secret war party operative or he is the biggest sucker since the good ship lollipop…………………
It sure would be nice to be able to trust someone on such issues. There I go, dreaming again.
At least I think we can dismiss Israel as a likely manipulator in this case. They were always fine with Assad except for his support of Hezbollah, which was not decisively negative from their point of view. There is still no evidence they are eager to see him go.