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I suppose you have to admire the US for taking a principled stance on this,but they have " painted themselves into a corner " here having previously stated that the use of chemical weapons by Assads forces would be crossing a red line for them and they would have to take action.

 

Interesting to watch the news here...that Syria did or did not do this is a quesiton that can't even be considered.

 

One of the saddest parts is that Syria has a better record of protecting Christians than many other countries in the region.

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Revealed: Pentagon knew in 2012 that it would take 75,000 GROUND TROOPS to secure Syria's chemical weapons facilities

 

 

Securing Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles and the facilities that produced them would likely require the U.S. to send more than 75,000 ground troops into the Middle Eastern country, MailOnline learned Wednesday.

 

That estimate comes from a secret memorandum the U.S. Department of Defense prepared for President Obama in early 2012.

 

U.S. Central Command arrived at the figure of 75,000 ground troops as part of a written series of military options for dealing with Bashar al-Assad more than 18 months ago, long before the U.S. confirmed internally that the Syrian dictator was using the weapons against rebel factions within his borders.

 

'The report exists, and it was prepared at the request of the National Security Advisor's staff,' a Department of Defense official with knowledge of the inquiry told MailOnline Wednesday on condition of anonymity.

 

'DoD spent lots of time and resources on it. Everyone understood that this wasn't a pointless exercise, and that eventually we would be tasked with going and getting the VX and sarin, so there was lots of due diligence.'

 

The logistical difficulties of bringing Syria's chemical warfare infrastructure under control stands in stark contrast with the text of a resolution passed Wednesday by a powerful Senate committee, and with assurances Secretary of State John Kerry has given committees in both houses of Congress. :liar:

 

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It will be a long time until all the problems caused by the "arab spring" unwind and play themselves out. The events in Syria are but a small part. Libya, Tunisia and Egypt also have their part to play.

 

Some consider the arab spring as but a later stage of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire that began almost 100 years ago right after WWI.

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Some consider the arab spring as but a later stage of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire that began almost 100 years ago right after WWI.

 

"Sykes-Picot Agreement, (May 9, 1916), secret convention made during World War I between Great Britain and France, with the assent of imperial Russia, for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. The agreement led to the division of Turkish-held Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine into various French- and British-administered areas. The agreement took its name from its negotiators, Sir Mark Sykes of Britain and François Georges-Picot of France." LINK

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