{"id":36235,"date":"2013-06-14T06:45:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T10:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36235"},"modified":"2013-06-14T06:45:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T10:45:41","slug":"us-concludes-syria-used-chemical-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36235","title":{"rendered":"US concludes Syria used chemical weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Obama Administration arrived at the same conclusion the rest of the world had already reached months ago – Syria had used chemical weapons on the rebels. The red line has been crossed. The New York Times<\/a> reports that, in response the US will be supplying the rebels with arms and ammunition.<\/p>\n

But even with the decision to supply lethal aid, the Obama administration remains deeply divided about whether to take more forceful action to try to quell the fighting, which has killed more than 90,000 people over more than two years. Many in the American government believe that the military balance has tilted so far against the rebels in recent months that American shipments of arms to select groups may be too little, too late.<\/p>\n

Some senior State Department officials have been pushing for a more aggressive military response, including airstrikes to hit the primary landing strips in Syria that the Assad government uses to launch the chemical weapons attacks, ferry troops around the country and receive shipments of arms from Iran. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, we’re using the European model now – too little and too late. I’m not particularly fond of supplying anyone in the region with weapons of any sort. As I mentioned the other day, anti-aircraft missiles which had been given to Libyan rebels have turned up in Mali in the hands of al Qaeda. I’m not fond of the idea of flying US aircraft over Syria either. Especially when we have drones in the region. The Obama Administration has diddled long enough that there’s no real good solution left these days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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