Thursday, August 29, 2013

U.S. Government Does Not Know Who Ordered Syria's Chemical Strike

Reuters

State Dept Admits It Doesn't Know Who Ordered Syria's Chemical Strike -- Foreign Policy

With the United States barreling toward a strike on Syria, U.S. officials say they are completely certain that Bashar al-Assad's government is responsible for last week's chemical weapons attack. They just don't know who in the Syrian government is to blame.

On Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf admitted as much. "The commander-in-chief of any military is ultimately responsible for decisions made under their leadership, even if ... he's not the one that pushes the button or said, 'Go,' on this," Harf said. "I don't know what the facts are here. I'm just, broadly speaking, saying that he is responsible for the actions of his regime. I'm not intimately familiar with the command and control structure of the Syrian military. I'm just not. But again, he is responsible ultimately for the decisions that are made."

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My Comment: If this report is true .... this is not a good reason to go to war.

1 comment:

James said...

" If this report is true .... this is not a good reason to go to war. " I have to admit I've never seen anyone screw something up this bad in awhile.