{"id":71255,"date":"2017-04-05T08:47:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71255"},"modified":"2017-04-05T08:47:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:47:40","slug":"chemical-attack-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71255","title":{"rendered":"Chemical attack in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times reports that another chemical weapon has been deployed against Syrian civilians, they call it “Worst Chemical Attack in Years in Syria<\/a>“- you know – the worst since the last one. The New York Times says that the US blames Assad’s government for the attack;<\/p>\n

Dozens of people, including children, died \u2014 some writhing, choking, gasping or foaming at the mouth \u2014 after breathing in poison that possibly contained a nerve agent or other banned chemicals, according to witnesses, doctors and rescue workers. They said the toxic substance spread after warplanes dropped bombs in the early morning hours. Some rescue workers grew ill and collapsed from proximity to the dead.<\/p>\n

The opposition-run Health Department in Idlib Province, where the attack took place, said 69 people had died, providing a list of their names. The dead were still being identified, and some humanitarian groups said as many as 100 had died.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

But only the Syrian military had the ability and the motive to carry out an aerial attack like the one that struck the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun.<\/p>\n

Russia offered another explanation. A spokesman for its Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, said Syrian warplanes had struck an insurgent storehouse containing toxic substances to be used in chemical weapons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess who ever is responsible wasn’t impressed by “the red line” established years ago by the Obama Administration. That maverick, John McCain blames President Trump<\/a>, though;<\/p>\n

McCain, a longtime advocate of arming Syrian rebels and removing Assad from power, also barbed Tillerson, who recently said whether Assad will stay in power \u201cwill be decided by the Syrian people.\u201d McCain called that remark \u201cone of the more incredible statements I\u2019ve ever heard,\u201d echoing a fiery statement he released previously.<\/p>\n

\u201cSyrian people cannot decide the fate of Assad or the future of their country when they are being slaughtered by Assad\u2019s barrel bombs, Putin\u2019s aircraft and Iran\u2019s terrorist proxies,\u201d McCain said Thursday. \u201cU.S. policy must reflect such basic facts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, it the fault of the 2 1\/2 month-old Trump Administration. Instead of running to the cameras and getting his face time in, McCain should be working with the Administration to work through this difficult problem, but then he couldn’t be a maverick could he?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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