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http://www.israelnat...05#.UL2CSoNShkg

If accurate this could set the stage for Western intervention.  Arutz Sheva is a far right publication but usually has factual, if slanted, reporting.

[coolguy]

Well if he uses poison gas on his people he needs to be killed..

[Codeblind]

I tend not to believe everything I read or hear concerning regime changes, and especially reports from Israeli newspapers, this has WMD wrote all over it

[Professor T]

WMD's

War-mongering..

Propaganda..

I do not believe that artical, I think it's just a another bunch of war-mongering western war justification aimed at justifying the unjustifyable. lol.

[Yamato]

Syria has devolved into another Shi'ite vs. Sunni shooting match, with which the US government will be more than delighted to see them blow each other to kingdom come.   Poor on them.   If they don't know how to unite they'll never stop being the useful pawns of outsiders wishing to exploit their resources.

[The New Richard Nixon]

He has not control now, I think he has lost already

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The New Richard Nixon, on 04 December 2012 - 09:09 AM, said:

He has not control now, I think he has lost already

That's part of what worries me.  If his generals are running the show they may be thinking tactically and the short term advantage of a chem attack would be a hands down "success".    But if it's proven that they've prepared these binaries and are positioning them for use then Israel might go regardless who likes it.  And THAT would be what a senator recently and quite memorably called a sugar coated Satan sandwich. Nasty in the extreme for all concerned.

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Codeblind, on 04 December 2012 - 05:40 AM, said:

I tend not to believe everything I read or hear concerning regime changes, and especially reports from Israeli newspapers, this has WMD wrote all over it

While I understand the context of what you are saying - it IS about WMD - specifically the precursors of Sarin gas being blended for aerial application.  And what does it matter WHY or even WHO decides to use this stuff?  Once it's been used there will probably be thousands dead or injured.  Remember Halabja?  And if it gets used near Israel then Assad WILL be going down.  It's all fine and good to ignore reporting you don't care to believe but sometimes it's true whether you like it or not.  I hope it's NOT true because it will signal an escalation that will be horrible for the whole region.

[libstaK]

I saw something on CNN - Obama has warned agains the use of chemical weapons in Syria, or there will be reprisals so this idea is gaining traction.

http://edition.cnn.c....html?hpt=hp_t1

[Corp]

I don't think he's stupid enough to go that far. The last time Assad started threating the use of chemical weapons Russia quickly told him to shut up. So if he goes and uses them anyway then the Russians might not be willing to protect him anymore.

[Stellar]

Corp, on 04 December 2012 - 04:22 PM, said:

I don't think he's stupid enough to go that far. The last time Assad started threating the use of chemical weapons Russia quickly told him to shut up. So if he goes and uses them anyway then the Russians might not be willing to protect him anymore.

Why do you think he's mixing the precursors then? I'm having trouble seeing any other possible reason for this. I mean... it'd be like Hitler telling the world "No no, I'm not planning on invading anyone else, especially not Poland" while at the same time massing his troops on the polish border....

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Corp, on 04 December 2012 - 04:22 PM, said:

I don't think he's stupid enough to go that far. The last time Assad started threating the use of chemical weapons Russia quickly told him to shut up. So if he goes and uses them anyway then the Russians might not be willing to protect him anymore.

He doesn't strike me as being stupid at all, vicious in the extreme but not stupid.  And I think he would only do such a thing as a last resort - sort of a Samson revenge thing.  He said months ago that if anyone invaded Syria he would strike Israel and set the region on fire.  He has to see the writing on the wall now.  I read somewhere that he could salvo 250 scuds an hour.  Accurate scuds with large payloads, so we're not talking about Gaza here. Put Sarin on them and Israeli and Turkish cities could become death traps.  I'm no expert but I think Sarin is able to last in the environment for extended periods.  It works on contact and causes an extremely nasty dying experience.  So once it starts falling the only thing the Israelis could do is react quickly and with overwhelming force to stop it at it's source.  I think they would try to decapitate the government as a first step to hunting down all the scud sites.  The only answer for such a devastating weapon would be chemical weapons in return or nukes.

[preacherman76]

and then, on 04 December 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

He doesn't strike me as being stupid at all, vicious in the extreme but not stupid.  And I think he would only do such a thing as a last resort - sort of a Samson revenge thing.  He said months ago that if anyone invaded Syria he would strike Israel and set the region on fire.  He has to see the writing on the wall now.  I read somewhere that he could salvo 250 scuds an hour.  Accurate scuds with large payloads, so we're not talking about Gaza here. Put Sarin on them and Israeli and Turkish cities could become death traps.  I'm no expert but I think Sarin is able to last in the environment for extended periods.  It works on contact and causes an extremely nasty dying experience.  So once it starts falling the only thing the Israelis could do is react quickly and with overwhelming force to stop it at it's source.  I think they would try to decapitate the government as a first step to hunting down all the scud sites.  The only answer for such a devastating weapon would be chemical weapons in return or nukes.

Behold, the burdon of Demascus

[Codeblind]

and then, on 04 December 2012 - 09:40 AM, said:

sometimes it's true whether you like it or not

and sometimes it's lies whether you like it or not.

[OverSword]

I agree with most of the above.  False Falg intended to raise support of western populations.  I'm really not interested in sticking my nose in a civil war regardless of what the people are doing to each other.  Did the USA learn nothing in Vietnam or Korea?

Let them fight it out and then deal with the victors after.

Sick of all of this war B.S.

Edited by OverSword, 05 December 2012 - 07:26 PM.