The Syrian Civil War Update Thread

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mai said:

So let me recap:

1. Mid-end of May: some substantial success of SAA in al-Qseir, Hezbollah is getting seriously involved, this ain't no Libya time is on the side of SAA;
2. End of May: protests are hitting Turkey, looks absolutely like color revolution to me;
3. Early June: beginning of operation Northern Storm in Aleppo, FSA is retreating, few weeks more and this'd be a panic run;
4. Mid od June: Obama accusing Assad of using chemical weapons (why now? see 1. and 3.), instant deja vu -- no proofs, no investigation (previous incidents UN have pretty much ignored).

Since I had no faith that any support, outside of direct intervention, Obama might want to offer to FSA will have any serious impact on the fate of FSA, I was thinking Obama might have smth else up his sleeve (dunno what, like Turkey bigger involevement, maybe?). So what just has happened on G8? Some tough words from Canadian whoever he is, and that's it? Where did all the hawks go?

Actually, while it was kept pretty lo key ebcause nobody really gives a fuck in the US, it's been knwong they've been investigating the whol Syria chemcial weapons thing every since the Europeons and Israelis confirmed usage.

When they announced it, Obama said "wait now, hold up.  We've got to make sure it was them using it.  The United States needs to  study and research the issue more."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/world/middleeast/israel-says-syria-has-used-chemical-weapons.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Which was just a... strange commnet.  Did he think the Syrian rebels broke into a chemcial weapons storehouse?

Did he think it was faked by Israel/Turkey?

 

So it's been t least 2 months they've been looking at it.

 

The UN also so much isn't saying "The evidence is convincing" as it is "You can present evidence, but we're already predisposed not to believe you."