chemical weapons

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Originally Posted by Danzig

http://news.msn.com/world/west-readi...-gas-obscenity


looks like we'll be bombing syria soon.

REGIONAL CONFLICT

The Syrian conflict has split the Middle East along sectarian lines. Shiite Muslim Iran has supported Assad and his Alawite minority against mainly Sunni rebels, some of them Islamists, who have backing from Gulf Arab states

In Iraq the Sunni's were the bad guys..

Related: Syria's civil war: What you need to know

China, which has joined Moscow in vetoing measures against Assad in the UN Security Council, is also skeptical of Western readiness to use force to interfere with what it sees as the internal affairs of other countries. Beijing's official news agency ran a commentary on Tuesday recalling the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 on the grounds that it possessed banned weapons — which were never found. and they weren't sent to Syria.

"The recent flurry of consultations between Washington and its allies indicates that they have put the arrow on the bowstring and would shoot even without a UN mandate," the Xinhua agency said. "That would be irresponsible and dangerous."

Let's be careful out there...Too many heavyweights involved in this mess..
Boots on the ground not an option..