{"id":31942,"date":"2018-03-05T20:29:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T01:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31942"},"modified":"2018-03-05T20:29:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T01:29:53","slug":"us-said-to-consider-new-military-action-against-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31942","title":{"rendered":"US Said To Consider New Military Action Against Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The last two weeks have seen the mainstream media soaked with headlines containing the word “Syria” and “Attack” as Washington desperately spins narratives left and right to cling to their reason for existence in Syria (legal or illegal, we will let you decide).<\/p>\n

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All of which made us wonder – is the American public being ‘softened’ up for something?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And now we have an answer – or at least we have a strong a strawman as we have yet seen.<\/p>\n

Six weeks after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson blamed Assad for a new chemical attack<\/strong><\/a> and accused Russia<\/strong> of allowing it, he admitted that he really doesn’t know much at all about “whoever conducted the attacks”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Which was followed a month ago<\/a> by threats of military action against Syria from General Mattis (despite having no evidence)<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t have the evidence,\u201d <\/strong>Mattis said. \u201cWhat I am saying is that other groups on the ground – NGOs, fighters on the ground – have said that sarin has been used, so we are looking for evidence.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then Israel piled on<\/a> by attacking a site just outside of Syria’s capital city called\u00a0Jamraya – believed to be a military research facility related to chemical weapons.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Which leads us to today – after weeks of “Syria…attack” headlines, The Washington Post reports<\/a> that the Trump administration has considered new military action against the Syrian government in response to reports of ongoing chemical weapons use<\/u><\/strong>, officials said, raising the prospect of a second U.S. strike on President Bashar al-Assad in less than a year.<\/p>\n

The president reportedly requested options for punishing the Assad government following reported chlorine gas attacks\u00a0 – at least seven so far this year\u00a0 –\u00a0 and possibly other chemicals affecting civilians in opposition-controlled areas.<\/p>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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