The Syrian Civil War Update Thread

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Slimebeast said:

ArnoldRimmer said:

It was back in march, shortly after a supposed chemical weapons attack in Aleppo. It was the syrian government themselves who asked the UN for an independant investigation of the incident, so they were obviously completely convinced that it was the rebels who where behind the attack. The syrian goverment wanted independant UN inspectors to prove that the rebels had been using chemical weapons.

Well, that was in march, and in mid-August, UN chemical weapons inspectors finally arrive. But they have a different agenda than what the syrian government originally wanted: Assad of course wanted the independant UN inspectors because he wanted to prove that the rebels had used the chemical weapons. What we have now is quite the contrary: For some bizarre reason, the UN inspectors are forbidden to investigate who is actually behind the attacks - they are only allowed to prove if chemical weapons have been used at all - which of course nobody even doubts.

Wow, really? Forbidden by whom?

This is bizarre. It sounds like a set-up, not only by the rebels but by a much larger conspiracy to legitimize Western removal of Assad.

And media is still portraying the conflict as good rebels versus evil dictator. And giving room for these warmongers like William Hague to manipulate the public into accepting a Western strike that will ultimately lead to regime change.

Is that's how it's being portrayed in Europe?  In the US it seems more "What the fuck are we doing, this doesn't make any sense... none of the rebels can be trusted except the free syrian army, and we can't make sure they get in power unless we put boots on the ground, and nobody just wants this, look at Egypt."

 

Which is nice, because it's rare media presents stuff the way i think of it.  The whole thing makes no sense, and the US shouldn't bother with an expensive deadly bombing campaign designed specifically to just make sure the US doesn't lose it's "street cred" by backing down.