[quote=Want_to_Retire]
It seems everyone here, regardless of their position on strikes against Syria, are agreed that the Assad regime used chemical weapons against the opposition. Did I miss an episode of our war drumming MSM where someone laid out any type of believable, detailed evidence that the regime was actually responsible? For the life of me I think Putin is the only one making any sense here. Why in the world would Assad do this when he’s kicking ass and the UN inspectors are in town? Where are these mostly classified ‘evidence’ coming from? Why can’t we show it to the Russians and let them try to debunk it? Sure sounds like desperate and fanatical rebels wouldn’t mind false flagging some captured chemical shells on civilians and other, unfriendly rebel groups to get a boost in their failing efforts.[/quote]
I tend to agree that I’m not sure that Assad was responsible. Obviously that’s a pretty large point when it comes to punishing responsible parties. Just another reason that maybe we should wait for some more evidence before making a knee jerk reaction to this incident.
I think there’s a fair amount of proof that a chemical weapons were used. I don’t think there’s a ton of supporting evidence that the weapons use was ordered by Assad. Certainly there’s other parties like the rebels and Saudi Arabia that would like the US to strike Assad military forces. They might be just as likely or perhaps more likely to use those weapons in an attempt to bring the US into the mix.