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Related: About this forum‘Our Enemies Are Killing Each Other’: Fox Military Analysts Battle O’Reilly Over Syria
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Bill OReilly has expressed his adamant support for the United States getting involved in Syria, going so far as to call opponents of such measures loons, but it appears that two of Fox News own military analysts fall squarely in OReillys loon box. Lt. Col. Ralph Peters and Col. David Hunt both told OReilly there are still too many uncertainties, like whether the chemical weapons were really used by the Assad regime or if, in fact, they were used by the rebels.
Peters told OReilly the U.S. cannot be helping al-Qaeda in the name of responding to a brutal murderer in charge, saying there are two sides to pick from: a despicable monster with an army behind him, or the team that brought you 9/11. In other words, our enemies are killing each other. He claimed that President Obama only wants to send in missiles to redeem his personal image, but OReilly insisted this is a humanitarian issue and letting Assad get away with using chemical weapons would be a dangerous precedent.
Hunt piped up to say its not been one hundred percent confirmed that chemical weapons have been used, let alone which side used them. OReilly told the two men they sound like the people who argued against U.S. involvement in World War II.
Peters shot back that OReillys absolutely wrong, likening the present situation to Hitler fighting the Japanese and making the U.S. choose sides. When OReilly said the WMD threat makes Syria as big a threat now as Iraq was when the U.S. intervened, Peters asked, You want to do that again?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/our-enemies-are-killing-each-other-fox-military-analysts-battle-oreilly-over-syria/
Peters told OReilly the U.S. cannot be helping al-Qaeda in the name of responding to a brutal murderer in charge, saying there are two sides to pick from: a despicable monster with an army behind him, or the team that brought you 9/11. In other words, our enemies are killing each other. He claimed that President Obama only wants to send in missiles to redeem his personal image, but OReilly insisted this is a humanitarian issue and letting Assad get away with using chemical weapons would be a dangerous precedent.
Hunt piped up to say its not been one hundred percent confirmed that chemical weapons have been used, let alone which side used them. OReilly told the two men they sound like the people who argued against U.S. involvement in World War II.
Peters shot back that OReillys absolutely wrong, likening the present situation to Hitler fighting the Japanese and making the U.S. choose sides. When OReilly said the WMD threat makes Syria as big a threat now as Iraq was when the U.S. intervened, Peters asked, You want to do that again?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/our-enemies-are-killing-each-other-fox-military-analysts-battle-oreilly-over-syria/
edit: youtube link for the lazy
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We cant do a third war in 12 years!"
This exasperated response was not from a lefty peace activist ready to do civil disobedience; it was from Colonel David Hunt on the Bill OReilly Show. Like many Americans, Hunt is not sure who let loose chemical weapons in a section of Damascus. He knows that canisters of chemical weapons can be delivered to a place in any number of ways from any number of sources. He says we need to ask, Who benefits from such an attack?
This is, of course, a very good question, since the Assad regime is currently winning the civil war in Syria and, thus, would not seem to have much of an incentive to use chemical weapons so blatantly. And, of course, a chemical attack is a perfect bloody shirt to provide anyone inclined to wave it to promote an attack, since President Obama made chemical weapons a "red line."
Hunt was joined on the OReilly Show by the usually bloodthirsty right-wing militarist Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters. He agreed with Hunt that an attack on Syria was a terrible idea. In Syria now our enemies are killing each other, he said. We should let them continue. Peters was referring to the Assad regime and the most powerful rebel elements linked with al Qaeda. Forces loyal to the United States and Israel are by far the weakest element in the rebel matrix.
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http://warisacrime.org/content/bellicose-obama-regime-once-again-answer-bombing
We cant do a third war in 12 years!"
This exasperated response was not from a lefty peace activist ready to do civil disobedience; it was from Colonel David Hunt on the Bill OReilly Show. Like many Americans, Hunt is not sure who let loose chemical weapons in a section of Damascus. He knows that canisters of chemical weapons can be delivered to a place in any number of ways from any number of sources. He says we need to ask, Who benefits from such an attack?
This is, of course, a very good question, since the Assad regime is currently winning the civil war in Syria and, thus, would not seem to have much of an incentive to use chemical weapons so blatantly. And, of course, a chemical attack is a perfect bloody shirt to provide anyone inclined to wave it to promote an attack, since President Obama made chemical weapons a "red line."
Hunt was joined on the OReilly Show by the usually bloodthirsty right-wing militarist Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters. He agreed with Hunt that an attack on Syria was a terrible idea. In Syria now our enemies are killing each other, he said. We should let them continue. Peters was referring to the Assad regime and the most powerful rebel elements linked with al Qaeda. Forces loyal to the United States and Israel are by far the weakest element in the rebel matrix.
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http://warisacrime.org/content/bellicose-obama-regime-once-again-answer-bombing
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