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In reply to the discussion: Doctors Without Borders confirmed: "mass exposure to a neurotoxic agent" [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)30. Distraction to pimp for current administration policy...
Last edited Sun Sep 1, 2013, 02:36 PM - Edit history (1)
So? Everyone knows there was a chemical attack.
MSF provides no attribution as to who was responsible, which is the sole important point you are trying to pretend has been settled here.
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Doctors Without Borders confirmed: "mass exposure to a neurotoxic agent" [View all]
ProSense
Sep 2013
OP
No one has been claiming that the DWB could certify the "precise origin of the exposure
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#4
No. They didn't want people to think that they were asserting more than they were.
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#21
The "primary purpose" doesn't take away from the fact that they confirmed the situation. n/t
ProSense
Sep 2013
#26
That part supposidly that the MSF issued a press release to criticize Obama and Kerry....Where did
lumpy
Sep 2013
#66
He is saying that government justifications for war have been shown to be incorrect
daleo
Sep 2013
#24
"The MSF has reason to suspect that agents other than the assad regime may have caused the
lumpy
Sep 2013
#63
You are deflecting. You made a claim about the UN, and then dismissed the UN statement. n/t
ProSense
Sep 2013
#96
No, that was at the time of the statement, which was only days after the incident
ProSense
Sep 2013
#12
Pooh-poohing nerve gas' effectiveness. God, this place is classy today. (nt)
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#35
There can be no more serious discussion, even on the internet, than talking about killing people.
rug
Sep 2013
#48
MSF and UN members are not permitted to draw political conclusions as to who is responsible
lumpy
Sep 2013
#71
You misread it. It is: if it turns out the attack came from one of the opposition forces.
rug
Sep 2013
#72
Oh thanks, you didn't make that clear. I haven't made up my mind as yet, if you really care.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#75
They've moved on from "Do we even know there was a chemical attack" and "So what if there was?"
alcibiades_mystery
Sep 2013
#50
No they didn't. They are prevented to draw conclusions as to who perpetuated the gas attack.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#81
scientific confirmation of the toxic agent was required - meaning it's not confirmed by MSF
idwiyo
Sep 2013
#53
MSF does not confirm anything. MSF clearly stated they had second hand info. MSF also
idwiyo
Sep 2013
#77
You used a misleading OP title to add weight to your statement. MSF does not confirm what you insist
idwiyo
Sep 2013
#82
The only nonsense before your latest response was the title of your original OP.
idwiyo
Sep 2013
#99
I am gone. This is too much. Clearly there is lack of reading comprehension, a lot of ignorance,
lumpy
Sep 2013
#85
I like the fact that Doctors Without Borders want an independent investigation
David Krout
Sep 2013
#91
Do you remember the memes that Iraq had chemical WMD because we sold them to Saddam...
freshwest
Sep 2013
#98