Pentagon officials offered a briefing Thursday saying they believe they have evidence that there were “elements” of sarin nerve gas at the sites that US-led coalition forces bombed on Friday evening. Officials said they hurt Syria’s ability to research chemicals, but probably didn’t eliminate their chemical weapons capacity.
No evidence was offered for either. This gives the impression that Pentagon officials are still trying to sell the attack on Syria a week later. In particular, claiming that Syria retains some capacity that might nerve as a pretext for more US attacks in the future. If nothing else it allows the US to make such allegations, as they did in Douma, irrespective of the evidence.
The Pentagon is clearly not being forthright on the details of the Friday attack. Officials also claimed Thursday that no civilians were killed, despite images clearly showing one of the strikes doing major damage to an apartment complex near a research facility.
The Pentagon further claimed not a single of the 105 missiles was intercepted Friday. Again, videos showing interceptions were released almost immediately after the attacks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also claimed 65 of the 105 were intercepted.
The US never offered any real proof Syria had chemical weapons or that Syria had attacked Douma with them in the first place. They rather declared them to be a fact before attacking. That leaves them trying to continue the narrative going forward, once again without solid evidence.
Obviously it is entirely correct that the latest attacks didn’t eliminate their chemical weapons capacity.
Pentagon needs a tomahok i to their asses
Why can the USA/UK/Israel get away with making, storing and using chemical weapons (depleted uranium, white phosphorus, napalm, for example) while countries like Russia and Syria have already had theirs destroyed and the fact certified by the OCPW??
The USA seems to have a fascination for CWs, and to know all about those that others may not actually have.
The link tells me the pentagon says the “preponderance of the evidence indicates there were chemical weapons including elements of sarin…” at the sites bombed. Exactly how did they possibly collect evidence to come to that conclusion? And are they at all concerned about people being exposed to those “elements”?
The White Helmets probably assured them they implemented the chemical attack as instructed according to directions on the bottle.
Also, that the last name of at least one of the Jihadis involved was ‘Assad’.
“The Pentagon further claimed not a single of the 105 missiles was intercepted Friday.” Obviously there are still a number of zombie “drones” flying around the Pentagon spouting BS that only the MSM believes. Would someone pull the plug on that news feed, please? It’s annoying.
Well, Thomas, the Pentagon’s claim that not a single one of the 105 cruise missiles was intercepted is a lie, 71 out of 105 were intercepted. I like the next sentence you wrote (it’s really funny): Obviously, there are still a number of zombie “drones” flying around the Pentagon spouting BS that only the MSM believes.
I hear you loud and clear, Thomas, would someone pull the plug on that news feed, please? It’s absolutely annoying.