Syria’s chemical weapons are ready for use
Syria’s chemical weapons could be used at “a moment’s notice” and the international community should not accept any assurances from Syrian officials that they will not be used, US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said on Wednesday.
US and other Western officials recently issued sharp warnings to Syrian President Bashar Assad not to deploy chemical weapons. Syria called those warnings a “pretext for intervention” in the civil war.
Rogers, a Republican, told Reuters in an interview that the Syrian government’s activities related to chemical weapons were a shift in posture and a major concern.
“I believe that they have put elements of their chemical weapons program in a condition of which they could be used at a moment’s notice, which is very different from before,” Rogers said.
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Like we’ll do anything.
Good luck, Syrians.
It’s better if we just watch you be slaughtered on tv. Less intervention-y that way.
Ask Dante.
Washington Nearsider on December 13, 2012 at 11:30 AM
bho can’t be bothered with this, he is knee deep in the three weeks vacation plans, parties at the wh before he goes, and golf!
On the issue of Hawaii, people needing a high paying taxpayers job, here is a dandy one for you in Hawaii!
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/feds-pay-5000-to-think-about-mars-on-hawaii-beach/
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letget on December 13, 2012 at 11:37 AM
look these people want to kill each other. Most of the world’s problems are centered in the middle east they escaped the horrors of a world war ,mostly, and unlike Europe, the USA, and East Asia they have not seen what total war brings. I think its like a child and a hot stove. Until people really learn the horrors of war, war will always remain an option. I don’t think we can protect them from themselves and i’m beginning to question if we should even try.
unseen on December 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Looks like it is up to Susan Rice and the U.N. to get a handle on this. The president has every confidence in her. When she succeeds in getting all those chemical WMDs neatly confiscated, she’ll be ready for her next career promotion.:)
a capella on December 13, 2012 at 11:44 AM
And he shouldn’t use them because. . . ? Why, exactly? Assad supports terrorism against Israel. But the other side in this civil war is no better. Keep killing each other.
rbj on December 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Ol’ Bashar has been sighting in those scuds recently. Not that it’ll do any good. Close counts with Sarin.
Jabberwock on December 13, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Who gives a sh#t about Syrians – government or rebel or civilian dirtballs? You have a lot of empathy for people who would gladly see your head on a platter, which means ALL OF THEM.
“It’s a shame they can’t both lose”, as Kissinger said.
The arab world is nothing but a retarded, destructive force in the world. They like living in the Stone Age so they should all be returned to it.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 13, 2012 at 12:22 PM
I hope they use it. More dead Islamic terrorist “rebels”.
Go Assad!!
Seven Seas on December 13, 2012 at 4:28 PM