Syria nerve gas incident: Hundreds of children dead, US reaction pending

[The Free North]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2398691/Syrias-darkest-hour-Hundreds-childrens-bodies-piled-high-nerve-gas-attack-near-Damascus-leaves-1-300-dead.html


Very graphic content. It saddens me to think that we as humans are capable of doing something like this to our own people. Just ruthless and awful, words really fail to describe how something like this makes you feel.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Other than some statements from his Press Secretary there will be no reaction.

[The Free North]

Other than some statements from his Press Secretary there will be no reaction.

Ultimately, its a very tough call for us. There is no clear 'good' guy in this fight. Both the government and rebels have committed war crimes, both stand for governments we would eventually come to hate, and really, both sides probably wont like us once they enter into power. Its an incredibly tough situation diplomatically, but I think we really cant do much at this point, as awful as that feels.

[pbrower2a]

Other than some statements from his Press Secretary there will be no reaction.

Ultimately, its a very tough call for us. There is no clear 'good' guy in this fight. Both the government and rebels have committed war crimes, both stand for governments we would eventually come to hate, and really, both sides probably wont like us once they enter into power. Its an incredibly tough situation diplomatically, but I think we really cant do much at this point, as awful as that feels.

Air strikes against sites in which the poison gas is manufactured or stored?

[Torie]

The site says the charges cannot be independently verified. It might be staged. The 1,300 children bit makes me a bit suspicious. How many adults died? So one needs to be patient to get the real facts first. If the government is really mass gassing neighborhoods, the government will go down. That cannot stand.

[Lambsbread]

Awful.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

As in Libya, France to lead the charge.

[Lambsbread]

As in Libya, France to lead the charge.

Western countries declare war on Syria, France to lead the charge

[TDAS04]

Horrific.

[Person Man]

As in Libya, France to lead the charge.

Western countries declare war on Syria, France to lead the charge

A proxy war between the EU and Russia? I have suspected that there could be a Cold War between those two powers as their ideology and interests grow further apart. The "Arab Spring", now more accurately the Arab Civil War, could become the first of many such proxy wars. 

Horrific.

Indeed.

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As in Libya, France to lead the charge.

Typical cheese eating surrender monkeys.

[H. Ross Peron]

Unbelievable. Just saddening.