The US State Department issued a new statement on Thursday, claiming that they concluded the Syrian government used “chlorine gas” in a May 19 rocket attack which wounded a handful of civilians around Idlib.
That the US reached this “conclusion” is hardly a surprise, as they had blamed Syria pretty much the instant it was reported, and there is no sign that any actual investigation took place, just a reiteration of the US position.
Blaming Syria for chemical attacks is the go-to policy, but this statement is ill-timed, as it comes amid growing doubts about the much bigger April 2017 accusation, with scientists reporting that there is evidence that the allegations were false.
The accusations are also increasingly a political issue, with intense pressure on publications not to publish research documents that don’t support the Trump Administration’s claims, and the US never offering anything that looks like evidence.
How many times are we gonna cry wolf?
We know the US is illegally occupying parts of Syria. We also know Russia has been invited to help the legal government, the Assad government in Syria. Not knowing how or when or why the US is in Syria, my question is did the US invade Syria before or after the Russians got involved?
I figured it was Theodore Postel. He’s questioned virtually every alleged gas incident in Syria – as well as questioning the ability of the US Patriot missile system and other US capabilities in the past. Aside from this new guy in Texas, and the two members of the OPCW who questioned the report, he’s the main critic of this stuff. The US and the mainstream media have a vested interest in shutting this guy down.
Scott Ritter had an article that pointed out that based on the radar trajectory of the plane that allegedly dropped the alleged bomb , and his own experience as a pilot, no pilot could have done it.
He who smelt it, dealt it. Lookin’ at you Pomp.