Crossing a Red Line

25 Apr 2013 11:03 #1 by Rick
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It's looking like the president will need to make a decision soon:

THE conviction that Bashar Assad’s regime has begun to use chemical weapons is gaining strength. Israel’s most senior military-intelligence analyst, Brigadier-General Itai Brun, said on April 23rd that there was strong evidence that sarin, a lethal nerve agent, had been and was continuing to be deployed. Israeli intelligence sources added that satellite images and witness testimony had “conclusively determined” the use of a nerve agent. Photographs showing victims with constricted pupils and foam coming from their mouths are consistent with poisoning by the compound.


Obama said that Syria would be crossing a "red line" if it used chemical WMD on it's own people and that "would not be tolerated". What do you think that means?
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-ea ... t-crossing

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25 Apr 2013 11:13 #2 by FredHayek
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They have stepped up aid.

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25 Apr 2013 11:15 #3 by OmniScience
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Where did these weapons come from? There were intel reports years ago that Saddams missing WMD's went to Syria.

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25 Apr 2013 11:45 #4 by Grady
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OmniScience wrote: Where did these weapons come from? There were intel reports years ago that Saddams missing WMD's went to Syria.


:sarcasm: Come on now we all know Saddam never had WMDs, Bush just made up that story so he could attack Iraq. :sarcasm:

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25 Apr 2013 12:07 #5 by Something the Dog Said
Syria obviously has the capability to produce small amounts of sarin gas, particularly when it has a relatively short shelf life as opposed to storing for 10 years.

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25 Apr 2013 12:10 #6 by Something the Dog Said
Sarin only has a shelf life of a few months. Do you really think that Syria stored it for 10 years? Right!

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25 Apr 2013 13:01 #7 by Reverend Revelant

Something the Dog Said wrote: Sarin only has a shelf life of a few months. Do you really think that Syria stored it for 10 years? Right!


Whatever... it's decision time... let's see what the Pres does?

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25 Apr 2013 15:56 #8 by Something the Dog Said
What would you have him do?

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25 Apr 2013 16:01 #9 by FredHayek
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I predict he will ignore the situation unless someone calls him on it. It is a lose lose situation. Why help create another Egypt. But will the FSA get upset if the US doesn't help.

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25 Apr 2013 16:06 #10 by Something the Dog Said
What would you have him do?

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