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| Syria: France threatens military force in wake of chemical weapons claims |
| 2013-08-22 |
| France has threatened to use military force against Syria despite a UN security council statement which failed to agree any action to be taken against the Assad regime for an alleged chemical weapons attack in eastern Damascus. And if it wasn't Assad who actually used it, then what? Exactly how will the French threaten military force against Syria? What assets do the French have that could be staged to the region and used to back up their threat? Or is this just a 'Ligne rouge'? The security council met on Wednesday night after calls by Britain and other western countries for a response to the attack in the eastern suburbs in which hundreds and possibly more than 1,000 civilians died. Samantha Power not available for meeting, something about 'date night'. There were no marks or signs of blood on their bodies and chemical weapons experts said they showed telltale signs of being poisoned by organophosphate based nerve agents. But after earlier versions of a statement were watered down by China and Russia, which have consistently rejected international action against President Bashar al-Assad, the final version did not even call for UN inspectors, already in Damascus, to investigate. Instead, it called for further "clarity" about what happened. Little requirement for inspection teams if you already know what took place. Russia went so far as to call the incident a deliberate "provocation" by the rebels themselves. Rebel casualties? No, mostly just civilians. Oh, ok. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 First thingys come first, i.e. Paris has to first get the permission to go to war from the wily Propellers of the FNS CV CHUCK DE GAULLE. Sorry - nothing personal, but its a French law. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-22 23:04 |
| #2 France has threatened to use military force against Syria what do you suppose they mean? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-08-22 16:27 |
| #1 Hold on while I make some popcorn. |
| Posted by: Kelly 2013-08-22 14:43 |