"Putin Calls Out US for Legacy of Faulty Pre-War Intelligence" (Should Bring it to UN)

[KoKo]

Putin Calls Out US for Legacy of Faulty Pre-War Intelligence
Russian president says that if Obama is so convinced of Syria's guilt he should bring evidence to the UN
- Jon Queally, staff writer


Russian President Vladimir Putin said the U.S. claims about Syria's use of chemical weapons are 'absolutely absurd' and said that if quality evidence does exist it should be brought to the U.N. Security Council and be debated before the international community.

"If there are data that the chemical weapons have been used, and used specifically by the regular army, this evidence should be submitted to the U.N. Security Council," said Putin in a joint interview with the Associated Press and Russia's state Channel 1 television. "And it ought to be convincing. It shouldn't be based on some rumors and information obtained by special services through some kind of eavesdropping, some conversations and things like that."

Putin suggested Russia would even consider backing a U.N. resolution against Syria, but warned the U.S. against unilateral action and said his country was readying its response if such an attack were to take place. "We have our ideas about what we will do and how we will do it in case the situation develops toward the use of force or otherwise," he said.

"We have our plans," he added, though he did not comment on what they included, saying it was "too early" to discuss broadly or in detail Russia's potential response to a U.S. attack on Syria.

Putin's interview comes ahead of the G20 meeting taking place in Russia this week, where heads of state, including President Obama, will be in attendance.

Striking again on the flimsy evidence presented so far by the U.S., Putin referenced the intelligence failures that led to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

"All these arguments turned out to be untenable, but they were used to launch a military action, which many in the U.S. called a mistake. Did we forget about that?" Putin said.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/04-0

[Thinkingabout]

1. Imagine this, Putin is trying to put up a front of flimsly evidence, now is this a man you can

believe in, nope.

[Adrahil]

2. A ex-KGB operative trying to undermine the US.?

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you!

[KoKo]

5. How is he undermining the US...You don't think Obama needs UN Approval?

Putin looks like the Good Guy in this whole "Rush to War....Hair on Fire" fiasco that's playing out.

[indepat]

3. Mr. Putin surely realizes if one does not have a legitimate reason to initiate a war of aggression,

faulty intelligence can always give cover. This is so simple, even Hitler used this type of chicanery as the excuse for attacking Poland on September 1, 1939.

[KoKo]

4. Mr. Putin is of a newer generation. He has to work on the world stage and to compare

this with Hitler seems to be John Kerry's Meme and not the world we live in these days.

Just saying....

[indepat]

7. Know of no one recently comparing anyone to Hitler other than our Secretary of State.

Of course, Saddam Hussein had often been compared to Hitler by those imbued with a lust for war.

[dionysus]

8. throwing in with pooty poot eh? (knowing russia and china will veto any resolution)

you're better off standin' with rand...

[ProSense]

6. Putin 2016. n/t

[Downtown Hound]

9. Oh Putin, you nut

There's nothing faulty about our intelligence. It's all a bunch of made up horseshit.