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Thread #163906   Message #3918549
Posted By: Iains
19-Apr-18 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: If Russia didn't do it..?
Subject: RE: BS: If Russia didn't do it..?
Jim I do not doubt that any rational person would like to see chemical weapons banned. But to play high and mighty with the Syrian regime while ignoring fully documented cases among our "allies" rings a little hollow. The greatest remaining declared stockpile of such weapons is in the US.
I think the playing field needs to be leveled and the impartiality of OPCW reports insisted on. More than a few conclusions are based on circumstantial rather than actual evidence. As I said earlier, the language of these reports needs to be studied carefully.

If the same level of publicity was given to alleged Saudi transgressions in the Yemen, as those in Syria,I might have more confidence in the present system. The terrorists in Syria are also guilty. How often is that fact given publicity? The only devil incarnate is Assad according to the heavily biased mainstream media.

It seems to me the bias in reporting is "encouraged" and is merely a device to enable further acts of war against Syria. Such future action should be clearly permitted by UN agreement.
The existing inspection regime is clearly not working properly.
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/cbwprolif