Syria

[rain_gryphon]

And now we're bombing Syria. I think that's a mistake, and can only result in taking some of the pressure off ISIS.

Comments

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Well, I have zero military and statecraft experience, and the idea occurred to me :)

False flag makes a lot more sense, though, especially if you need a reliable pretext to attack within a certain time frame.

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

Touché. ^^

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

So, this was apparently an attack by air of sarin gas - an extremely deadly nerve agent whose inhalation of even minute amounts is rapidly fatal. Makes me wonder how the White Helmets rescue folks seen in the videos of the aftermath can still be walking, talking and breathing after entering the blast area without hazmat suits, and scrubbing down the victims with their bare hands. And if it was a sarin bomb, why are there so FEW victims? There should be thousands of casualties, and the whole area a dead zone. Also suspicious to me that the preponderance of the victims are very young children - the demographic group most likely to elicit the emotions of sympathy and outrage. Hmmm...