09-09-2013, 12:24 PM
The PR machine is in major motion now - from all sides.
Proof...we don't need no stinkin' proof
After Assad challenged the Obama administration to show proof that his government was responsible, Obama's advisors admitted during the Sunday talk show rounds that they don't have "beyond a reasonable doubt" evidence that Assad is responsible for launching the chemical attack.
Obama's Chief of Staff, McDonough, says this isn't a matter for a court of law with strong evidence and all that crap (my paraphrasing); it's instead a matter of common sense that points to Assad launching the chemical weapons.
"Common sense"; by whose definition?
I don't know who's responsible; could be Assad. But it sure as hell ain't "common sense"(to me) to insist that his forces, which were reclaiming ground and benefiting from rebel extremist factions waging war against each other when the attack was launched, "must be" responsible and must be taught a lesson via military strike.
It makes as much or more sense to me that rebel extremists carried through with their threat of setting up the Assad regime in order to expedite and increase rebel aid from the US and Europe.
Rocket Man
McDonough claims that the chemical weapons were launched by rocket, which the Obama administration has no indication that the rebels possess, but knows that Assad and the Syrian government possess.
Having "no indication" does not equate to a strong enough basis for characterizing something of this magnitude as a common sense assumption, to me.
Seems many in Congress are lacking common sense, like me. Or, McDonough's definition of "common sense" entails buying whatever anyone is selling at face value.
Can Putin kerry through with a non-military compromise agreement from Assad?
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Kerry suggested that Assad could turn over control of the Syrian government's chemical weapons to resolve this conflict without a need for a US military strike. But, Kerry surmised that Assad would refuse such a proposal.
Well, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, kinda surprised many people and agreed with Kerry's proposal, stating that he would encourage Assad to surrender the chemical weapons to the control of the international community.
Proof...we don't need no stinkin' proof
After Assad challenged the Obama administration to show proof that his government was responsible, Obama's advisors admitted during the Sunday talk show rounds that they don't have "beyond a reasonable doubt" evidence that Assad is responsible for launching the chemical attack.
Obama's Chief of Staff, McDonough, says this isn't a matter for a court of law with strong evidence and all that crap (my paraphrasing); it's instead a matter of common sense that points to Assad launching the chemical weapons.
"Common sense"; by whose definition?
I don't know who's responsible; could be Assad. But it sure as hell ain't "common sense"(to me) to insist that his forces, which were reclaiming ground and benefiting from rebel extremist factions waging war against each other when the attack was launched, "must be" responsible and must be taught a lesson via military strike.
It makes as much or more sense to me that rebel extremists carried through with their threat of setting up the Assad regime in order to expedite and increase rebel aid from the US and Europe.
Rocket Man
McDonough claims that the chemical weapons were launched by rocket, which the Obama administration has no indication that the rebels possess, but knows that Assad and the Syrian government possess.
Having "no indication" does not equate to a strong enough basis for characterizing something of this magnitude as a common sense assumption, to me.
Seems many in Congress are lacking common sense, like me. Or, McDonough's definition of "common sense" entails buying whatever anyone is selling at face value.
Can Putin kerry through with a non-military compromise agreement from Assad?
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Kerry suggested that Assad could turn over control of the Syrian government's chemical weapons to resolve this conflict without a need for a US military strike. But, Kerry surmised that Assad would refuse such a proposal.
Well, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, kinda surprised many people and agreed with Kerry's proposal, stating that he would encourage Assad to surrender the chemical weapons to the control of the international community.