"Red Line Has Been Crossed" In Syria, Rogers Says

[Purveyor]

Source: CBS NEWS

(CBS News) There's mounting evidence that over the last two years the Assad regime has used "at least a small quantity" of chemical weapons against rebel forces in Syria's raging civil war, House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said today on "Face the Nation," adding that the time is now for U.S. intervention.

Amid debate over an alleged chemical weapons attack out of Syria last week, President Obama during a visit to Israel doubled down on his claim that such an attack would be considered a "game changer" for his administration, but qualified that it's important to find out "precisely whether or not this red line was crossed" before making a decision that could lead to an act of war.

"I think that it is abundantly clear that that red line has been crossed," Rogers said. "There is mounting evidence that it is probable that the Assad regime has used at least a small quantity of chemical weapons during the course of this conflict."

Though a senior administration official has said intelligence this week suggests weaponized chemicals were not used in the recent strike, Rogers said the fact that President Bashar al-Assad has ordered scud missile attacks on civilians "in and of itself should prompt action." The "wholesale slaughter" of Syrian rebels and civilians, he said, "is now spilling up to the doorstep of Israel."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57576009/red-line-has-been-crossed-in-syria-rogers-says/

[TwilightGardener]

1. He is outright lying. Congress is lying us into another war.

[Posteritatis]

17. To be fair, this is one dolt in the House trying to do the lying. (nt)

[TwilightGardener]

18. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Carl Levin, Diane Feinstein--all are

pushing for military intervention.

[Eleanors38]

2. The TonkenMassGas?

[mother earth]

3. After Iraq, what exactly can any of us believe? Those war crimes were never prosecuted, and

until they are expect more lies, more crime, treason & a relentless push from the MIC.

Let Sen. Rogers get off his ass and lead the brigade on the front lines.

[longship]

12. FYI, Rogers is a House Rep., not a Senator.

Michigan has no republican Senator.

Just want to make sure non-Michiganders get it right.

Otherwise, I agree with your post.

Thanks, friend.

[mother earth]

16. Thanks for the correction. nt

[blm]

4. GOP lie machine - has it ever taken a break in the last 30 years?

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[RiverNoord]

5. No - that's the thing the GOP does best, but..

this situation is different. If we knew, really knew, what was coming in Rwanda, for example, should we have stopped it? The Syrian civil war is a god-awful mess, with the growing possibility of at least a partial end in sight. The thing that worries us most about it is the presence of basically professional mercenaries motivated by extreme religious beliefs among the rebels. They're there and they're some of the best fighters in the conflict. The vast majority of the rebels don't share their beliefs, but they have been desperate and seen the value of their battle prowess.

Chemical weapons use or not, the ugliness of the short-term outcome of this conflict is something we may be able to mitigate substantially. There will be reprisal massacres, and they won't be moderate in scope. We may be able to prevent some of the worst of them, and possibly prevent the country from going the way of (yes I recognize the irony) of Iraq. If it is possible for us to do it, I believe we should.

[TwilightGardener]

7. They're lying. Rogers went in with a script. He has no clue as to what the intel says--

and doesn't care.

[RiverNoord]

13. I'm not arguing the point with you.

He probably is.

[Gregorian]

6. We, the USA, dropped tons of Depleted Uranium on Iraq. So what is this bullshit.

I'm not saying it's ok for them. I'm saying...something...what the fuck am I saying?

I'm saying we can make a better world by not being hypocritical.

[ConcernedCanuk]

15. AND - if I remember correctly, wasn't it the USA distributing chemical weapons to Iraq decades ago?

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as well as selling other weapons to countries the USA would later bomb the shit out of . .

Obama's "hope" thingie was just political hoopla

well,

the USA's whole &quot s)election" system is a farce -

China and Russia are waiting . . . .

All empires fail - USA is overdue . .

All the world has to do to stop the USA's War-machine is have the balls to cut off their oil

The War-machine would grind to a halt within months . . .

Let's grow some BALLS people!

[Gregorian]

25. The people are divorced from our democracy. They're all living their lives, oblivious.

I know i was. When Reagan took office, I was partying. I knew he was a disaster, but I didn't know what the long term losses could be.

We have the Constitution. We could be something great. But greedy, sick people have derailed it to their advantage, whatever the cost. And those living their lives, even if they want to know the truth, have a hard time finding it.

The FCC is part of the problem.
Election fraud.
Election financing is a disaster.
Subsidizing the military economy is a disaster.

The people are scattered.

[pinto]

8. This is a partisan political statement not an intelligence assessment.

And if there is "mounting evidence that it is probable", which sounds pretty vague to me, that should be passed on to the President, Sec. of State, etc. Not run out on a TV talk show. Par for the course from the Republican House.

[Thor_MN]

9. "Small amount?" as in they swabbed a surface that had some bug spray on it?

Another presumptive test that fails to be confirmed on page 27 or 2AM? We have been down this road before where Rethugs scream in the media whenever a test swab turns color, but specific tests fail to find a thing. My sister still doubts me when I tell her that no "WMD" were ever found in Iraq. She wants to believe what the right-wing media feeds her.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

10. This would be more credible if the Obama Administration had gone after the war criminals who had

lied us into an unnecessary and optional war.

Lying to us from the highest governmental levels is now acceptable.

Getting us into unnecessary wars is now acceptable.

[Poll_Blind]

11. Oh SNAP! Yep. nt

PB

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Falling for the same game twice is not acceptable.

Pls. teach your children and grandchildren how our government lied us into Viet Nam and Iraq and Afghanistan and ....and.....

[L0oniX]

14. I don't believe a damned thing they say! n/t

[Comrade Grumpy]

19. Lying warmonger.

[PSPS]

20. Any statement coming from any House committee can't be taken seriously.

Example: This guy is, apparently, the "House Intelligence Committee chair." Yes, the same committee that includes such "luminaries" as Peter King and Michele Bachmann. And we are supposed to pay attention to what emanates from this Romper Room?

Plus. this CBS report's writing is in the same childish league, what with its use of the phrase "doubled down" as a verb. Gee, how "hip" and "trendy" is that, right? Where's the "like" button?

[Purveyor]

21. This potlicker, Rogers, could very well be the Junior Senator from Michigan come 2014. eom

[Malik Agar]

23. All all aboard the GOP lie bus

I guarantee that quite a few dems will shamefully jump on the bandwagon too. Just like Iraq.

[John2]

24. They are pathetic

in my opinion.