GAS IN SYRIA – AT 9:46 A.M. ET: The issue of poison gas is back in the Syrian conflict, a conflict that is consuming hundreds of thousands of lives. From Fox:
Allegations are mounting that the Assad regime has returned to using chemical weapons against Syrian rebels and civilians, nearly two years after the government agreed to dismantle their stockpile.
The suspicions have the Obama administration calling for an immediate U.N. investigation into the "abhorrent acts" -- though it remains unclear what, if any, punishment Bashar Assad might face if formally blamed for the string of alleged chlorine gas attacks.
Yeah. The Obamans are just the type to call for UN investigations.
One western U.N. diplomat told Fox News the situation has become "unacceptable" in Syria.
Yup. Investigation required.
"There is mounting evidence of repeated chlorine attacks," the diplomat said.
Civilians, including children, allegedly have been injured and killed in the latest attacks. In a letter sent this week to the U.N. Security Council from the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, the group cited reports of chlorine gas attacks in the Idlib and Hama areas and urged the creation of a no-fly zone to protect the Syrian people.
"In the past two weeks alone, witnesses and medics on the ground in Idlib and Hama governorates reported at least nine separate instances of toxic chemical attacks -- several of them deadly," the group wrote. "... in each instance, barrel bombs loaded with poisonous chemical substances were deployed from Syrian regime helicopters."
COMMENT: We're sure that the letter will be "studied," then "examined," then "analyzed." There will then be "consultations." And then there'll be nothing. There will be no American leadership.
Syria is an ongoing tragedy. Obama laid out red lines at one time, then ignored those lines when they were crossed. There is no hope in sight. Assad's forces are weakening, and Syria might finally slip under the control of terror groups.
May 8, 2015 |