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Originally posted by HanzHenry
reply to post by deviant300
safe to say..
I am sure Assad's guys didn't shoot at them.. Can you imagine the tone used when commanders were advising the military to bolo UN inspectors.
no soldier would have fired.. literal career suicide.edit on 26-8-2013 by HanzHenry because: delete
Originally posted by justwokeup
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Originally posted by Megatronus
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Assad's govt forces have been heavily shelling the exact area for last 5 days where these inspectors are supposed to go investigate.
Now shooting at the vehicles to delay their arrival further so more artillery can pound the area, evidence is being obliterated and covered in rubble. Now why would Assad be pulverizing this small area if he wants the inspectors to find evidence to support his claims?
His apologists will never admit the obvious though.
The obvious? That it makes zero sense for him to use chemical weapons. The us has been caught out trying to frame him before, as have the rebels. We are supposed to believe that this time it is definately him? The only people to benefit him use chemical weapons on civilians are the rebels, obama and cameran. If you want to point fingers, i would suggest you start there.
Assad has a limited pool to draw manpower from that is shrinking by the day with defections and casualties.
The rebels have millions of refugees to indefinitely renew their ranks from as well as regional fighters.
Assad is using unconventional warfare because he knows his time is short and cannot afford to take massive casualties cleaning out rebel areas.
The fact that he is pounding the area with heavy artillery instead of sealing off the area to preserve it for inspection speaks volumes.
I'm sorry, thats just flat out wrong.
Even McCain when he came back from his trip admitted the rebels were now outgunned and losing. He was playing for the sympathy vote but his general report in the balance of strength was accurate.
Trying to portray the regime as losing and desperate is a falsehood.