Posted on 07/17/2012 6:34:25 AM PDT by edpc
I do not know if this is relevant ... but I hear there has been a huge spike in popcorn sales in Israel! -Smile-
Didn’t his Father use chemical weapons on his own people back in the 70’s or early eighties.
“A curveball thrown by whom?”
IMHO. Assad benefits by rattling the WMD cage. It freezes the Turks, who otherwise dominate Syria militarily. Erdogen will now think twice about intervening. It buys time for Russian/Iranian intervention to work, whatever form we’re talkiing about. It demoralizes the rebels who have no defense. There isn’t really any downside for Assad. With Russian support, the UN won’t even write a stern letter. All by moving some chemical weapons around.
If push comes to shove, I think Assad will use them. Still no reason for the US to support one side of the other.
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