Monday, August 26, 2013

John Kerry to make statement on Syria at 2 pm... Updated: WMD DECLARED

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DRUDGE Headlines:

◼ WMD DECLARED - CBS



BOMBING 'IN DAYS'...
Israel distributes gas masks..
Russia: No Proof Syrian Gov't Behind Chemical Weapons Attack...
Force without UN 'blatant violation of int'l law'...
ASSAD: American military will 'fail' like in Vietnam...
Damascus, Tehran issue stark warning to Jerusalem...
Strikes would trigger 'chaos,' threaten world security...
Chemical attack evidence 'may have been destroyed'...
KERRY DECLARES WMD...
Chemical weapons 'undeniable'...
Obama 'undecided'...
Press corps blurs president's 'red line'...
Middle East alliances cracking...
Peace envoy Blair on super-yacht in Med...
POLL: 9% support military action...
Israel distributes gas masks...

◼ Fearing a U.S. strike, Syria warns of global "chaos" - CBS News/AP

Lucianne Headlines:
Syria: the moral case for military intervention is now overwhelming
Telegraph [UK], by Toby Young
David Cameron cuts short holiday over Syria crisis
Telegraph [UK], by Tim Ross
Syria will require more than cruise missiles
Washington Post, by Elliot A. Cohen

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◼ IDF intercept shows Syrian army used chemical weapons - HotAir

A minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet publicly asserted that Bashar al-Assad and his forces used chemical weapons, and not the rebels in the Damascus suburb, and used them on a mass scale. International Relations Minister Yuval Steintz said it was “crystal clear” that the Syrian army used chemical weapons in the attack last week, arguing that this demonstrates why it is important to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons...

◼ House Dem: White House Credibility on the Line with Syria Red Line - Bridget Johnson/PJMedia

“I think, you know, the White House has drawn a red line. And in terms of the credibility of the White House, the cost of not acting now I think exceeds the cost of acting. But they have to be careful to do this in concert with our allies. They have to be careful to limit the scope of what they’re trying to achieve. They have to make sure they make it clear." --Rep. Adam Schiff



◼ Barack Obama Ready to Out Bush Bush - Larry Johnson/No Quarter

I wonder if the Nobel Committee now realizes how badly Barack Obama duped them. Did not do a goddamn thing and yet got the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, eight years later, Obama is going to try to start a war in Syria, using the pre-text of a highly questionable chemical weapon threat. But Obama’s impending use of military force is far more cynical and far more dangerous than anything George W. Bush did. A man of peace? I think not.

Bush at least believed, albeit foolishly, that removing the rule of Saddam Hussein would usher in the birth of democracy and justice in the Middle East. Totally delusional, but he believed it and the military action was backed by a myopic strategic vision.

Not so with Obama. His only reason to act is to deflect domestic political pressure. He does not like being perceived as weak and feckless. But he is weak and feckless. Pathetically weak at that. So now he will flex his military muscles and hit Syrian military sites. An act of war on par with Hitler’s invasion of Poland and Czechoslovakia. Entirely based on political theater. And he is egged on by three women–Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice and Samantha Power. None of these ladies have a clue about military strategy or tactics. For them, it is all about the superficial and temporary demonstration of power.

◼ Syrian rebels used Sarin nerve gas, not Assad’s regime: U.N. official - Washington Times

Testimony from victims strongly suggests it was the rebels, not the Syrian government, that used Sarin nerve gas during a recent incident in the revolution-wracked nation, a senior U.N. diplomat said Monday.

Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told Swiss TV there were “strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof,” that rebels seeking to oust Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad had used the nerve agent.
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