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pampango

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12. Oh, I think that is very much what Obama wants to know.

Reply to kelliekat44 (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 09:33 AM

Apr 2013

The UK, France and Israel may already be convinced but he seems not to want to "know" that the Syrian government used sarin gas unless there is much more conclusive evidence. It's kind of the opposite of Bush who did not want to "know" that Iraq did not have WMD no matter how conclusive the evidence was.

Bush used fear, emotion and supposition to base his policy on Iraq. All that is typical of republican behavior. Obama seems to want to find what the actual facts are and base his policy on Syria based on these, not on fear, emotion and supposition. Facts have a liberal bias.

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Syria nerve gas claims undermined by eyewitness accounts [View all] dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP

A UN team is ready to investigate oberliner Apr 2013 #1

Syrian Opposition Rejects Russian Chemical Weapons Experts Purveyor Apr 2013 #2

Russians have to be a part of the investigation team. Russia will not support any Security Council pampango Apr 2013 #10

Chain of custody problems? Igel Apr 2013 #3

Wild ass rumors have always been more than enough evidence for the US to to attack another country. bowens43 Apr 2013 #4

But not this time thankfully. EOM cartach Apr 2013 #5

The jury is still out. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #6

This time it is. For Obama's predecessor the jury would most definitely already be 'in'. n/t pampango Apr 2013 #9

False flag. David__77 Apr 2013 #7

"...it's a tactic that is consistent with their many car bombings, shellings, etc., all designed to pampango Apr 2013 #8

And it may be the case that the Syrian gov. did NOT use saran. Of course that is not what the west kelliekat44 Apr 2013 #11

Oh, I think that is very much what Obama wants to know. pampango Apr 2013 #12