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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting a Report From James “Least Untruthful” Clapper
by Jim White
It is a time pregnant with possibilities as the world awaits release of the US report on chemical weapon use in Syria. Todays Washington Post informs us that we may see the report as soon as tomorrow:
The Obama administration believes that U.S. intelligence has established how Syrian government forces stored, assembled and launched the chemical weapons allegedly used in last weeks attack outside Damascus, according to U.S. officials.
The administration is planning to release evidence, possibly as soon as Thursday, that it will say proves that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bears responsibility for what U.S. officials have called an undeniable chemical attack that killed hundreds on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.
The report, being compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, is one of the final steps that the administration is taking before President Obama makes a decision on a U.S. military strike against Syria, which now appears all but inevitable.
Wait. What?
Marcy already mused on all the talking heads focusing on how a US response to Assad using chemical weapons on Syrian citizens is all about our credibility. If the US response is so tied up with credibility, how on earth can it be that the person charged with compiling the report on which we will base military action is the man whose obituary will be obliged to mention his admission that he lied to Congress, but that we should excuse the lies because he gave the least untruthful version possible? That is how the US will convince the world that, unlike when we lied about Iraq having WMDs before we invaded, this time we arent lying about Assad?
Note also that Marcy mentioned yesterday that the US, through John Kerry, tried to prevent the UN carrying out its own investigation into the chemical weapon evidence. That move undercuts US efforts at credibility since outside, independent confirmation of findings would be a huge step in providing assurance that the US is being truthful.
- See more at: http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/08/28/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-a-report-from-james-least-untruthful-clapper/
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Report From James “Least Untruthful” Clapper (Original Post)
n2doc
Aug 2013
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Autumn
(45,049 posts)1. I expect a big Crapper of lies. I have no reason to believe anything
they say. Least Untruthful is still a fucking lie.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)2. k&r for exposure. n/t
-Laelth
Hydra
(14,459 posts)3. They will lie, and people will die...again.
And the same people will make money off it. But it's ok- we can "trust" them to "do the right thing" (for the 1%).