VP Biden Says No Doubt Syrian Regime Responsible For ‘Heinous’ Chemical Weapons Attack

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

HOUSTON — Vice President Joe Biden says there is no doubt that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s (bah-SHAR’ AH’-sahd) government is responsible for the heinous use of chemical weapons.

Biden’s comments Tuesday make him the highest-ranking U.S. official to say the Syrian regime is the culprit in a large-scale chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21.

Biden says the Syrian government is the only actor in the 2-year civil war that possesses and can deliver chemical weapons. He says Assad has blocked U.N. investigators from the site and has been bombing it for days.

The White House says President Barack Obama hasn’t settled on how to respond to the attack. The Pentagon says U.S. military forces are ready to strike Syria if Obama gives the order.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/vp-biden-says-no-doubt-syrian-regime-responsible-for-heinous-chemical-weapons-attack/2013/08/27/913ab56a-0f52-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html

[bowens43]

1. Beat those drums! Unleash those dogs! Kill Kill Kill Kiil

[dennis4868]

2. there are already plenty

of innocent people killed because of the chemical weapons.

[msongs]

6. and because of the drones. but that's OUR guy doing it nt

[LanternWaste]

12. Which country has no blood on its hands?

Which country has no blood on its hands...

If the answers is "none", then I imagine we may wish to focus on the relevant and the valid rather than indictments not directly relevant to the here and now.




Although we could scream about the Sykes-Picot Accord too if it helps validate your sensibilities... for all it's worth.

[totodeinhere]

3. I wouldn't necessarily read your comment into the Veep's statement.

Obama may very well take some military action, and if so I will oppose it. It would be counter productive and destabilize the region in the long run.

But if the Assad regime did use chemical weapons against its own people that's a horrific crime against humanity and Assad needs to be brought up on charges by the ICC if it can be proved that he is behind it.

[FreeBC]

19. If we wait the smoking gun may be a mushroom cloud

[Arctic Dave]

4. And yet, not a shred of proof is given.

They must be fabricating it still.

They have had how long to show proof? But they only yap, yap, yap.

It must be double secret probation stuff they have because we must be too dumb to see it.

[Purveyor]

7. Oh but he and Obama 'believe'...

[msongs]

5. channeling dick cheney nt

[blm]

13. So you're saying Biden manufactured the intel just like Cheney?

And that Assad is NOT responsible?

[frylock]

15. what intel?

this is pure speculation coming from Biden.

[Cali_Democrat]

16. You don't know that. n/t

[Maedhros]

8. "We know where they are."

"They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."

- Some Guy Who Said This Shit The Last Time We Wanted To Invade A Country

But trust us - we're not wrong this time.

[soryang]

9. Joe Biden cheerleader for the second Iraq War

legal disclaimers should be mandatory for this kind of bullshit.

[Warpy]

10. he doesn't know that any more than you or I do

He's just trusting the crap the Pentagon is feeding him.

That's always a mistake. Too bad LBJ isn't alive to tell him all about that.

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. Let's see your evidence, Joe.

[leveymg]

14. How is it then, Joe, that the rebels just carried out a Sarin gas attack in April?

This is a very weak justification for use of US military force given the findings of a UN investigation that found the opposition used Sarin earlier this year that contradicts the Vice President's statement.

U.N. has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator
GENEVA | Sun May 5, 2013 6:13pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-un-idUSBRE94409Z20130505

(Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria's civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday.

[Ash_F]

17. If Biden has evidence, he should share it with us. /nt

[karynnj]

18. There was intercepted communication

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014578092