Though the “evidence,” such as it is, of chemical weapons use in Syria appears to be based on little more than rebel allegations and the occasional photograph, President Obama sought to return the scandal to headlines today by affirming that the US has “seen” the existing evidence.
The US had dismissed all of the evidence until late April, when Israel officially announced it believed Syria’s government used chemical weapons and the administration dutifully went along with it. The primary difference was that Israel claimed five uses, while the US says maximum two.
Then last week Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who Obama met today, claimed “at least 200” incidents of chemical weapons use, and claimed Turkey had absolute proof of all of them. Obama admitted he had already seen the proof, but reiterated that “more specific information” is needed.
The UN’s conclusion so far is that only one incident ever happened, and that was the rebels, not the Syrian government, using chemical weapons. The US dismissed this out of hand, though it insisted that it believes the incident happened, and that the attack, which killed Syrian soldiers, was probably done by the Syrian military.
In the end the bizarre and contradictory positions the Obama Administration has taken on chemical weapons continue to mount, centered seemingly on the assumption that the US must at least sort of endorse its allies’ assessments, if only for politeness’ sake. At the same time, the administration seems reluctant to allow those “conclusions,” based on little to know real data, to drive policy, and so they must continue to seek better evidence, while carefully avoiding doing something unseemly like pointing out that the existing “proof” is nothing of the sort.
First of all the Syrian government is not the one breaking the international laws systematically.., but Israel have done and Israel dose breaking all international laws by stealing more of the Palestinians land as we speak.
Second: according to Barack Hussein Obama, US is working for a "political" transition for the Syrian government to step down so that people of Syria can establish a "democracy" where every religious is being presented.
Mr. president…, Syria is THE country that such democracy is already exist and practiced every day.., Syrian government proposed your idea (political transition) almost two years ago. There is no religious or political formation prohibited nor the people's social modernized life is denied, unlock Saudi Arabia where women have no right in driving cars, unlock Israel where apartheid is a life style practiced by the Israeli government and…..
Syria unlock Saudi Arabia, which is ruled by sunny Muslims, Wahhabis and other affiliated religious groups whom are terrorizing the Syrian people, Syria unlock Qatari, or Dubai, or other illegitimate kingdoms in the region, or Turkey or Israel which is called the Jewish state.., the kind of democracy that Barack Hussein Obama is talking about is already exist in Syria.., unlock Israel, Syria is not an apartheid regime.., in another word.., what USA wants is to dominate a government as Afghanistan with bags of money given to Hamid Karzai to govern what his been dictated to say or told to do.., Syria is independent, unlock those who stole the mechanical machineries and parts from factories in Aleppo and shipped to Turkey to be sold.., Syrian government is not a thieve.., Syria is not having a very "especial" relation with Saudi Arabia, the Wahhabis and their related terrorism as Al-Queada, and other regional tyrants.., so there is no offering of democracy but there is a demand and the word democracy only used to.., as many other issues.., manipulate the political solution to the crises in Syria which was initiated by the Syrian government to began with. To defuse the real USA and EU agendas regarding the change of Syrian government, using fancy words as "transition" period and "democracy" then creating a proxy war orchestrated by Hillary Clinton and others.., is another way by USA government to fool its people.., if democracy was the intention.., where did these terrorists started pupping up like a planted and incurable disease.
Third: in regard to allegation of chemical use by the Syrian government.., USA has used chemical particles as depleted uranium in Iraq poisoning the Iraqi people's water source and other form of food supply where such act is responsible for damaging and killing many life forms.., among other places in Iraq the most of damages can be seen in Fallujah. The Israeli government use of devastating weapons as such in Gaza is yet another war crime, the Saudis beheading of its citizens should not be acceptable to what is called "civilized" world…, so what or where is the evidence in chemical weapon used by the Syrian government.., beside what's been discussed with Turkish sectarian president Recep Tyyip Erdogan.., hence.., beside the rhetorics and behind the closed doors anyone can be a judge, prosecutor and etc.
Fourth: according to news.., Russia building up its warships in Mediterranean and will bring in submarines capable of carrying atomic missiles to form a permanent base in the region.., good now we can say that when push comes to shove you know where and how to start a total destruction.
With respect, Ditz is trying to present this objectively. But Obama is the process of political theatrics.
Obama is returning to the propaganda a week or two later to reinforce the original false assertion made by Israel. It all started with Israel making a move then Obama looking busy (enter in deeply thoughtful gaze) for the cameras, then makes a statement which effectively gives political weight to Bibi. 3-4days later UN inspector presents data.
The problem is the US and Israel knew, as did all Security Council members, that UN inspectors were milling around on the ground and would be finalizing a field report sometime later that week.
Israel and Obama milked the timing as best as they could and presented their message beating the inspector to the punch. Why not wait for her to present the field report? BECAUSE it wasn't going to reinforce the US claim. Purely political theatre. Lackey press corps repeat message and by the time any concrete peer reviewed report comes out from a universally accepted prosecutor nobody listens.
Obama et al retreat from the meme, briefly moving on to a different storyline. Come back to original claim and repeat it from a different "source", this time Turkey. analysis looks multilayered.. Turkey, Israel and the US, with guns coming from Qatar, and now, dollar for dollar matching out of KSA. Any questions?
The "legacy" of Team Obama? Destabilization, extra-judicial murder and the growing totalitarian police state all under the false rubric of "security".
Evidence provided by our israeli soulmates?
I'm sure Khaled, the heartchewer, is aware of at least 500 instances of chemical weapons use.
Maybe he meant to say "US has SOLD Syria Chemical Weapons"
I think most of us have seen this movie before in about 2003, haven't we? Let's not have a repeat, not if the Russians and Chinese have anything to say about it.