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As Syria’s Endgame Nears, Obama Faces the Threat of Chemical War

Dec. 5, 2012 2:28pm
Before joining the Blaze, Buck served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, assigned to the Counterterrorism Center and Office of Iraq Analysis. He  […]
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Bashar al-Assad’s days as the Alawite despot of Damascus are rapidly dwindling. As the Syrian uprising approaches the two-year mark, the rebels who once withstood withering regime onslaughts are now a fully militarized insurgency on the offensive.

The Free Syrian Army displayed improved military capabilities with the shoot-down of two attack aircraft last week, probably with advanced SA-16 Gimlet missiles. Organized rebel units are capturing regime military bases and other strategic sites, and Jihadist militias have stepped up suicide bombings and assassinations of Ba’ath party officials.

Syria’s Rebellion is hurtling towards an endgame, but things could get a lot worse before they get better.

The Obama administration and the international community need to recognize this reality as policies of intervention, containment, and non-interference are considered in the days ahead. While many would rightly welcome Assad’s ouster, his last stand could unleash even greater bloodshed and devastation for the Syrian people. And after Assad is gone, a vortex of sectarianism, Jihad, and reprisals could could engulf the country and spill over into neighboring countries.

Despite an estimated 40,000 casualties at this stage of the conflict, Assad hasn’t completely taken off the gloves. His assault troops and Shabiha thugs have shown no compunction in their brutality, but entire cities haven’t been leveled nor have chemical weapons been deployed. Assad has been acting as a tyrant who still maintains the hope of holding power.

But that could change suddenly. Like a cornered, wounded animal, Assad may become more vicious– and deadly– as his downfall becomes imminent. Assad’s inner circle understandably view their fight for power as a life or death struggle. While western media celebrated the demise of tyrants like Saddam and Qaddafi, Assad and his cronies took notice of how each strongman met a decidedly undemocratic end at the hands of bloody-minded captors. Bashar and company won’t go quietly to the abattoir. And they may try to tear whatever is left of Syria down on their way out.

So what options are left to an autocrat with dwindling resources and few friends, but who is sitting on the third largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world?

The question is more than an unpleasant exercise in wargaming. Chemical weapons hang over the Syrian outcome like a terrifying specter. Recent press reports assert that Assad would balk at using his substantial chemical weapons, but his regime has already publicly stated that it would deploy them to deter “outside aggression.” Many assume that would mean a NATO invasion, but there are more than enough foreign fighters joining the Syrian resistance for Assad to claim as a pretext.

If Assad and his toadies balk at going chemical on their own people, enormous quantities of VX, Sarin, and Mustard gas could fall into the hands of rebels who proudly fly the black flag of Jihad and execute unarmed prisoners. If by remarkable good fortune, Assad doesn’t gas his own people and the more “moderate” factions of the Free Syrian Army secure all his weapons of mass destruction, a sectarian bloodbath could still ensue.

The Sunni Arab resistance– including many veterans of recent Jihads against the West– are unlikely to allow Alawites, Christians, Druze, and other Assad allies (real and perceived) to escape widespread retribution. If the past decade in Iraq is any indicator, regime change in Syria could spur inter-religious and ethnic score-settling. A post-Assad Syria would likely go through a sectarian bloodletting, and unlike Iraq, it won’t have 150,000 U.S. and Coalition soldiers to stop it.

Despite these ominous possibilities, the Obama administration appears poised to take a much more robust role in the Syrian conflict. A multilateral intervention is the most likely choice, one that takes an incremental approach and relies on the assistance of regional powers like Turkey. Discussions are already under way to give the Turks a few Patriot missile batteries to provide a better umbrella of protection to Syrians in the northern border region. But that could be a mere beachhead for much larger efforts.

The next steps would be the real escalation. The Obama administration could establish a no fly zone patrolled by American aircraft, engage in precision strikes on key Assad targets, and even put U.S. boots on the ground as part of a peacekeeping mission once Assad’s regime crumbles. These interventionist options would substantially expand U.S. influence in Syria- and dramatically increase our risks.

Another approach would be a less aggressive containment strategy that mimics the U.S. intervention up to the point of placing any American forces in harms way. No planes in Syrian skies, no U.S. soldiers on Syrian soil. Funneling arms to the resistance and supporting the new Syrian National Council would be the most direct forms of U.S. assistance.

Of course, for a country weary of mid-east wars, complete U.S. nonintervention has its proponents and its benefits too. But as the death toll mounts and countries on Syria’s borders fear for their own security, the call for American leadership and action will drown out the most cautious voices on our foreign policy. We will become more involved, the only question is how much.

No matter what course of action President Obama chooses in Syria, casualties and tragedies will mount. Assad is odious, but he imposed order, and it is difficult to predict the intentions of those who, once grotesquely oppressed, find themselves in a position to exact retribution. The Syrian resistance may manage the Herculean task of defeating Assad and subduing the Jihadis in their ranks. The Obama administration, however, would be well-advised to factor in much darker outcomes as it considers its own involvement in yet another country’s desperate, bloody struggle.

Comments (54)

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  • Frederick_Douglass_Republican
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:45am

    There will be no chemical war. Oblamer warned Assad he would be in big big trouble if he does that.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:59am

      Remember how the Libs. claimed Sodommy Hussain had no chemical weapons. Now we know why we couldn’t find them but Bush tried and got no support from a Democratis controlled Senate & House.

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:17pm

      This will be annother “Iraq” … they will simply send the gass accross the border so “there never was any WMD!!” .

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      G-WHIZ  
  • gingerbread
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:43am

    I smell a rat here somewhere.These pople have been trying to us involved in Syria for almos 2 years. Now, all of a sudden, we hear thatAssad wants to use WMD to get rid of his enemies. All I can say is that we are being scammed again by this government. These muslims want to use us to fight their wars for them. My suggestion, for what’s it’ worth, let these muslims kill each other for as long as hey want to. Let’s not involve ourselves in an of it, Let every one know that we’ll deal with the last man or woman standing. I don’t care what they do to each other.

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  • blackbean
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 9:27am

    O faces the threat of chemical (or any kind) war. There has to be a lot of hand wringing going on as he paces the floor asking over and over, what should I do, what should I do. Oh wait, he’s on vacation touring the country with his “awesome” speeches (pun intended) and too busy to be bothered.

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    • zman173rd
      Posted on December 6, 2012 at 9:48am

      Why does OBAMA face the threat? Let those countries bordering them and Europe “Face The Threat”. All we’re doing by getting involved is blowing more money and more; Our military’s lives will be at risk over a bunch of Muslims killing each other. Can you tell I’m sick and tired of this nonsense? We’ll save the children so they can grow up to hate us and want us dead. Makes no sense other than Anti-American Obama wanting us to make our country irrelevant to the rest of the world. If it were a reublican in office the protests in the streets would be overwhelming, but they sure stay silent over this crap now.

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:22am

      King-O’ is HOPEing for anyh kind of large war so HE CAN DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCEY!!
      Then HE will declare HIMSELF (temporarry?) ruler and then dissolve the courts(temporarrily?)!!
      Next day HE will declare ALL UN-TREATIES TO BE ENFORCED(’cause HE now is a REAL-KING) and OUR slided to sharialaw and NEW WORLD GOVERNMENT will be 100%-ENFORCED by the WORLD COURT!!

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  • GringoBushPilot
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 7:41am

    Verily I say unto you, “There will be no rapture.” It’s been cancelled.

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  • warhorse_03826
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 2:20am

    if assad is running to iran, what better way to be welcomed by his new host than to have used sarin gas on israel.

    syria is already using iranian-made drones. iran has copies of US-made MQM-107 Streaker drones they call the Karrar that can carry drop tanks as well as other weapons. i’m sure iran would be more than happy to provide such a platform for Syria’s chemical weapons.

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  • castell
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 1:10am

    Is this real or is this like the weapons of mass destruction or wmds in iraq?

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    • E.Z. Las Vegas
      Posted on December 6, 2012 at 1:24am

      I’ve got 5 bucks that says if thousands of people are gassed, MSNBC will blame George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Blackwater and Haliburton.

      Also, I am one of those nuts who believe that Hussein moved his chemical weapons to Syria during Gulf War 2.

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    • warhorse_03826
      Posted on December 6, 2012 at 2:04am

      30,000 kurds disagree with you. there were WMD’s in iraq.

      I personally know several National Guardsmen that were exposed to nerve gas through an IED. they didn’t get a full dose of anything, because it was under a roadway and mixed with other artillery shells. they did require about a months treatment to get back to full duty though.

      also, the sarin gas Syria is loading up comes from the russian-made mobile mixing facilities (truck-mounted) that were driven over the border just before we invaded.

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    • Frederick_Douglass_Republican
      Posted on December 6, 2012 at 11:40am

      Whatever happens in Syria it won’t be blamed in any way on Oblamer, Clinton, or anyone else in his administration.
      If Oblamer puts boots on the ground and even more of our men are being killed at his behest in hapless efforts to civilize savages there will be no war protests against him.

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  • E.Z. Las Vegas
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 1:00am

    Here is a little war-game scenario to consider as we roast our chestnuts this Christmas season:

    Yesterday, Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the UN announced that Assad would be prosecuted as a war criminal even if he leaves Syria….

    Assad is desperate. The rebels are getting sophisticated weapons, probably from the United States, and due to his upbringing, training and proclivity, he decides the weapons were requested by Israel. Besides, everyone knows everything is Israel’s fault anyway, so to curry favor with the Arab world….

    He launches a full scale Sarin Gas attack on Israel, using mortar rounds fired by his Hezbullah proxies in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon….

    Due to compulsory military training, the Iron Dome, and atropine pens which are standard Israeli issue, the casualties in Israel are only moderate, but significant….

    However, due to it’s unique history, Israel does not take kindly to being gassed, and launches a total war, involving its entire arsenal, against Syria…..

    Russia joins a coalition of Arab nations in defense of Syria……

    Then things get a tad messy. The scary part is that this scenario could unfold in a matter of minutes, not weeks.

    Sha-alu shalom Yerusalaim. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

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  • zoro51
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:28am

    murdering muslums!

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  • neverending
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:22am

    No worries here – the bastard in chief is headed out for his vacation and so just don’t bother him with the small stuff just the beer summits, golf, basketball, parties at the whitehouse are all at the top of the list. I am sure he will have the hippo make niceties and all will be well.

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  • leonardo44
    Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:02am

    Syria is a disaster that’s about to explode.

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  • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:03pm

    Off the Syrian coast: 70 fighter bombers, 17 war ships, 10 destroyers & more. http://www.debka.com
    Also a story “Assad’s chemical weapons head North. He’s moving while there is a thunder storm.

    Now there is more info coming out about Libya http://www.frontpagemag.com/dgreenfield/obama-administration-oversaw-arms-shipments-to-al-aqeda-in-libya/

    and http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51470 The lie that covers up the BIG LIE

    a post by a person”named” Georgiaboy61″ at american thinker was interesting. He stated. “Back in the early 70′s Secretary of state Henry Kissinger brokered a deal with the house of Saud; in return for agreeing to conduct all business of OPEC in US dollars, the Nixon Administration agareed to arm the Saudis and keep the Royal Family in power. Soon after the deal was cut, in seceret, oil prices quadrupled. No formal treaty was ever sent to the Senate for ratification. This was an under the table quid pro quo.”

    The same time Nixon took the US off the gold standard and went to oil backing the US dollar. This has been driving our foreign policy for 40+ years and this Saudi/oil money has infected all higher education and the spread and growth of Islam. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?

    Soon we will be in a war with Iran, Russia and China…which our own money has caused and funded since Kissinger because of his deal with OPEC. He was a UN swine before anyone knew about UN swines. I used to feel revolution at the sight of him then, still

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    • KidCharlemagne
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:09pm

      Georgiaboy61 could be on to something here….

      However though, it would kinda’ be stupid to use the Middle East’s oil as collateral for the Federal Reserve Note……wouldn’t it?

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  • Inexiledan
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:47pm

    Okay, everyone calm down! Our Commander in Chief will deal with this problem when he gets done with his vacation and some other stuff such as golf, etc. O Man has a firm grasp on international matters. Look how well he handled the whole Libya killing of our service men. If he had not been busy with other things, and didn’t want to piss off the terrorists, he would have saved some American lives. Heck, O Man is probably reviewing his notes from his days as a community organizer on how to deal with chemical weapons, etc. Maybe a stern letter and a picture of O Man on a bus will fix things. No joke, let’s not lose more American lives because of our clown president. (Yes, I intended to use the lower case for president. After all, I was addressing our national/world joke.)

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:29pm

      So far this “Arab Spring” has really worked out well for
      obamme and clinton..Thousands have DIED, and old
      smiley is heading for Hawaii, surely he’ll BLAME Bush
      when assad releases the Sarin Gas, he’ll never take
      the hit for that..This AH hasn’t taken responsibility for
      anything since day one…What happened in Lybia, BO ??
      this Crapweasel will never fess-up !!! F’N PUS*Y !!!
      Yea ! Loony Cloony I called your *** a F’N PUS*Y..

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    • neverending
      Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:26am

      @INEXILEDAN – he is not worthy of being called president even with a small p!

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  • Dave In Arizona
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:23pm

    When al-Assad uses the Sarin gas, Obama will be on vacation and won’t do a thing.

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  • NoNannyState4me
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:40pm

    BULL CRAP. why don’t they just start using WMD WMD WMD OH MY! Lame, lies, liars.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:32pm

      This Administration couldn’t even protect 4 Americans in Benghazi,
      They ALL sat in the Situation Room and watched them being KILLED…
      Just WHAT will this BOZO and HIS IDIOTS to do to protect these People.
      In my eyes these people are already toast….More than 40,000
      have already been KILLED while Bama sits on his hands… He’ll find
      someone or something to BLAME. Hell he’s going to Hawaii, 4 years
      of golf, campaigning and partying is tough on a guy. Ya’ know..

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  • 1HonestInjun
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:18pm

    Our government got rid of Honsi Mularek for the muslim brotherhood. In your eye said Obama to
    Netanuyahu. Then our government arm Libya to get rid of Gaddafi. Replaced it with Al Gaeda who killed our Ambassador Stevens and three great Americans. What the helll do you expect Bashar Al-Assad to do. His fate is domed, why not use chemical weapons, what the helll does he have to lose.

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    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:21pm

      Bashar al Assad also knows that he’s been dealt a hand by the most crooked dealer in power poker, our Sewer Rat-in-Chief, the Ayatollah Obama, Barry Soetoro and AKA Obammie.

      Forgive me if I say that, all things being equal in a street fight, I’d have to put my money on Bashar. Our Liar-in-Chief won’t be able to vote “present” on this one, baby! The Russians and the Iranians are going to come at us like junk yard dogs both over there and here in our back yards. Our Community Organizer-in-Chief will be lost as a goose in a snow storm; but, somehow, he’ll blame the global carnage on Bush; and, those dumbs_ _ t worshipers of his will buy the lie hook, line and sinker.

      Yes, he’s going to “fundamentally transform” America; but, I don’t believe that most of you are going to like what you see left standing.

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  • trg13
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:05pm

    Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad’s order…

    http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/15706380-syria-loads-chemical-weapons-into-bombs-military-awaits-assads-order?lite

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  • TRILO
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 6:55pm

    Can our government please recycle a different reason to get involved in the absolute destruction of the middle east besides WMD’s. Iraq, Libya now Syria. So far 2 out of three have been lies.

    Syria is just part of the systematic overthrow of the middle east. In Libya, Egypt and Syria we have been arming and funding Al Qaeda and installing the Muslim Brotherhood. This overthrow started well before the Liar in Chief so don’t just blame him.

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  • longknifed
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:55pm

    I’m so confused. So al qaeda are the good guys now right? A stable arab government is bad? Then 9/11 was planned all along by the CIA working with al qaeda? It was a good thing then?

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    • db321
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 6:57pm

      Chemical Weapons? When it becomes a Media talking point and when you here the coward and Chief acting like a tough guy. This means, that Syria is not going to use Chem Weapons, but you can bet the farm that Mr. Hero Obama will definitely call upon our Military to strike. No Stand Down Order here!

      Syria needs to fall in order to allow Obama’s buddies to come in and attack Israel.

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  • longknifed
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:42pm

    This “endgame” has been going on for 2 years now. It seems certain propaganda outlets are very eager for another American war that they don’t have to fight. Syria has nothing to do with America other than the fact that America is arming al qaeda to topple a secular sovereign government. They want to bring on the genocide of Christians and alawites so that more warmongering profiteers can collect more spoils.

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  • TADTAD
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:41pm

    Hussein (Sadam, not Barack, at least for now) gassed Kurds, yet no WMDs were found circa 2003. I see. Yeah, damn good thing that the Muslim/Russian/Chinese/US Marxist Brotherhood will soon rule the Middle East. We need all these peace loving factions to make their move and take total control, ASAP.

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  • universalphilos
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:38pm

    May 7, 1975: “For as Abraham begot the nation of Israel, so he begot the nation and the nations of the Arabian world. And so, as was promised unto the Lord, a coveth was made unto the same, that the seed of Abraham should spread upon the earth. Yet you say unto us, ‘How can this be?’ And we should say unto you, as the descendents of Abraham, the Lord, God, can change as you would turn a stone. Yet through life, and the resurrection of life, so should the seeds grow and mature. Yet, as in the days of Abraham, as he did giveth unto the prince who had no record of his coming and no record of his going, the Prince of Salem, yet he gave humbridge into the son, therefore, the first-born.
    And as Israel rose, yet did fall, yet we say unto you these words, the second coming, should not the Eagle [USA] spread its wings and protect, then all shall lose, all the descendents of Abraham shall lose. And the Earth shall find three thousand years of darkness, yet upon it.
    And you say, ‘How can this be?’ Then look about you. The Fifth [now Sixth] Angel walks upon the earth….
    We are here to prepare a way. We are here to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah unto the Earth….And so the nations and nation shall bow before before him….
    But the Lord, our God, wishes not that man walk around with bowed heads, but with heads held high unto themselves. For if man looketh at the ground and never looked into the eyes of another, how shall he know the Messiah when he cometh?”

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:36pm

    Why do we keep the CIA around if they are just going to assassinate and terrorize Americans, and not foreign heads of state who have it coming like this bastard?

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  • ResistSocialism
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:11pm

    Better be addressed soon or it will be to late

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    • THERAPTURCOMES
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:33pm

      This is Isaiah 17:1 in the process of being fulfilled in front of the worlds eyes just as is Isaiah 19, Zech 12, Psalm 83

      Somewhere in all this is the resurrection/rapture (1 Thes 1:10, 1 Thes 4:13-18, 1 Cor 15:50-55 Rev 3:10) with many bible scholars believing the resurrection/rapture will take place before Psalm 83 takes place.

      http://youtu.be/ahEVxIzlxwo

      Now is the time to become a believer upon Christ before it is to late (Romans 10;9-10) How can anyone look at what is taking place in the world and not see prophecies being fulfilled is beyond me.

      YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT HAPPENS

      you have been told

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:20pm

      Yeah, yeah, bla, bla, bla.

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  • Wurzel
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:46pm

    WMD chemical weapons, hmmmm I wonder if any of those came from Iraq? Which is why none were found when the troops went in.

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    • justangry
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:48pm

      Nope. They lied is why we didn’t find any. The media doesn’t like to talk about the whistle blower from the Pentagon that told us this.

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    • longknifed
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:51pm

      No they were real. You just couldn’t see them cuz they were invisible.

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    • spfoam1
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:46pm

      The United States GAVE Saddam chemical weapons so he would not lose the war with Iran. That is a fact. He used them on Iranian troops, and they were very effective at stopping the waves of Iranian troops. He also used them on his own people. The chemical weapons worked so well that Saddam started making them himself. He had a military commander nicknamed Chemical Ali (now how does a guy get that name?). After considerable pressure fom the US and the UN, Saddam closed his manufacturing facilities and contracted Gaddafi to make them for him. After the US invaded Iraq, Gaddafi came clean and gave up the chemical weapons he was making. It’s funny how hundreds of ancient villages have been hidden in the sands of the middle east for centuries, and only recently found using ground penetrating radar, but so many morons think there is no way Sadaam could hide some chemical weapons there. We did in fact find a lot of old chemical weapons there. Only a total idiot would still rant about no WMDs in Iraq.

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:53pm

    “If Assad and his toadies balk at going chemical on their own people, enormous quantities of VX, Sarin, and Mustard gas could fall into the hands of rebels who proudly fly the black flag of Jihad and execute unarmed prisoners.”
    ==================================

    The Al-Qaeda brigades in Syria claim that they already have chemical weapons (acquired from Libya) though. This report from RT released about 6 months ago claims that Al-Qaeda is intent on using them against Syrian civilians and then turn around and claim that Assad did it:

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    Syrian rebels aim to use chemical weapons, blame Damascus – report
    Published: 10 June, 2012, 14:09

    The armed Syrian opposition has got their hands on chemical weapons, which they acquired from Libya, a media report claims. They allegedly plan to use it against civilians and pin the atrocity on the Bashar al-Assad regime.

    ­The report by DamPress claims the opposition group in possession of the weapons is being trained in its use inside Turkey. No further detail on the alleged conspiracy is given.

    The Libyan stockpile of chemical weapons was a matter of great concern during last year’s civil war in the country. There were fears that they may end up in the hands of the terrorists and used elsewhere in the world. However unlike Libya’s portable surface-to-air arsenal, no reports of the weapons going missing was made public.
    http://rt.com/news/syria-chemical-weapons-plot-532/

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:02pm

      @KidCharlemagne

      You have to take everything reported by RT with a grain of salt. RT is pretty much just a propaganda outlet for Putin and the Russian govt., and the Russian govt. is backing Assad, so make of that what you will.

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