Posted on 04/28/2013 8:05:22 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
After days of tough talk from the White House regarding Syria's use of chemical weapons, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell emerged on April 26 to say no action will be taken against the country based on "intelligence assessments" until the administration can "corroborate the facts."
He said, despite reports announcing intelligence assessments that show chemical weapons have been used--even the assessments released by the State Department on April 25--there is not enough evidence to act.
A reporter ... asked Ventrell: "... why make it public?"
Ventrell said it was, "an administrative decision to respond in a public fashion." He then reminded the questioner that, "intelligence assessments when it comes to WMD" have been questionable in the past.
And Ventrell wouldn't even confirm that the U.S. will act against Syria .......
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I understand that, but in the long run, having rabid knuckledraggers take power there is going to be far worse than some sarin gas deployment by Assad.
And I understand “the ends justifies the means” argument. I do not agree with it.
-——What happened to his red line? ———
The same phenomena as “you can keep your insurance”
He just says what ever crosses his mind with no reality involved in the statement. GIGO at it’s worst.
So, let’s cut to the quick, shall we?
What would you propose for us to do about Syria? Go in, guns blazing, only to settle in for a decade-long quagmire? It’s a muslim country all the “ends” are bad ones... I just don’t want this country having to deal (and find itself handing over hundred$ of million$ to yet another cabal of Christian- and Jew-hating animals.
Be wary about this shucking and jiving — they’ll let McCain and Graham “drag” them into this “kicking and screaming.” They’ve been propping up these “rebels” all along, it will just be another MB regime installed when the dust clears.
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