the 2 comments at the Canary on this wholly supports your correct analysis: Archived Message Posted by CJ on June 8, 2019, 2:04 pm, in reply to "Canary wobbling a bit there, onto the 'blame Syrian gov. equally with its attackers' line; and quote" "JaniceKortkamp 5th June 2019 at 10:40 am Great article up to end part anyway. No doubt many people think a nation defending itself from hundreds of thousands of terrorists – with at least 100,000 coming in from over 60 other documented countries – should use what, water cannons, to fight them? Got to love how westerners are appalled at “barrel” bombs when their own countries are using cluster bombs, white phosphorus, depleted uranium etc in their endless wars of aggression against nations that are zero threat to them. The US and UK have been actively supporting al Qaeda in Syria and have often assisted ISIS, along with numerous other terrorist groups. European countries have purchased ISIS oil from Syria while forbidding the legitimate government from selling oil. None of this would have happened if the US, UK and allies had not manufactured this proxy war to topple a popular leader and rip Syria apart for Israel’s “interests” of stealing land and resources of both Syria and Lebanon. While both the US and UK are so enthusiastically assisting Saudi Arabia, the true terrorist regime, in its slaughter and starvation of Yemen; after the “leaders of the free world” destroyed Iraq and Libya; after the same “defenders of democracy” applaud Israeli apartheid and punishing illegal military occupations – any and all absurdly, murderously hypocritical faux condemnation of Syria should be considered as null and void. Indeed, it is the western nations, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey that should be brought to the international criminal court for war crimes, supporting terrorists, and crimes against humanity. Avatar MarkFMcCarty 5th June 2019 at 4:24 pm It’s surprising that your author doesn’t realize that the total fraudulence of the Douma hoax is just the “canary in the coal mine” pointing to the total fraudulence of ALL the reports of “Assad gassing his own people”. The OPCW’s reports on previous episodes, based on “evidence” and statements provided by jihadi-affiliated groups, have little if any credibilty – especially now that it is clear that the OPCW is a political actor helping the West with its defamation of Assad. In any case, anyone with a bit of common sense could see that it NEVER made sense for the Syrian army to use banned chemical weapons when conventional armaments work just as well or better for mass slaughter. https://caucus99percent.com/content/did-syrian-army-ever-use-chemical-weapons-recent-war-i-very-much-doubt-it When I was examining the “evidence” for Saddam’s WMDs in the run up to the attack on Iraq, after finding that there were strong grounds for doubting each of the claims I had analyzed to that point, it occurred to me that I didn’t need to rebut any more, because there was evidently a mechanism in place that rewarded Iraqi expatriates for lying about Saddam’s activities – and that the whole body of claims was therefore most likely a lie. If you have one REAL truth, you don’t need a barrage of lies. I think the current situation with Syria is quite comparable. The ONLY reason we have been able to learn the truth about Douma is that the Syrian army gained control of the city very soon after the “incident”. This was not the case in previous such episodes – the OPCW got their “evidence” from “the rebels”. I can’t rule out the possibility that some lower level half-wit in the Syrian army once used some chlorine – but, if so, no way was that policy endorsed from the top." cheers Message Thread: In case you missed it - this is what a real MP takes up with the Tories: - CJ June 8, 2019, 4:14 am While reading that article came across this... - Raskolnikov June 8, 2019, 7:22 am This is now at the bottom of the memory hole - 2017- but high time it was pulled out: it directly - CJ June 8, 2019, 2:18 pm Re: This is now at the bottom of the memory hole - 2017- but high time it was pulled out: it directly - Raskolnikov June 8, 2019, 8:15 pm Canary wobbling a bit there, onto the 'blame Syrian gov. equally with its attackers' line; and quote - Rhisiart Gwilym June 8, 2019, 7:52 am the 2 comments at the Canary on this wholly supports your correct analysis: - CJ June 8, 2019, 2:04 pm Fisk - Ian M June 10, 2019, 3:34 pm   Searching