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    Could it not be argued that a proportionate response to a regime which commits democide against its own citizens using…
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    • Hence the use of the term hypothetical. I have made a case for the perpetrator being the Syrian regime elsewhere.
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    • From the al-Jazeera article I have cited previously.
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    • If you will notice I said, "This is the same regime which perpetrated the Hama massacre in 1982..." It was…
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    • Read the whole thing and responded to it here. The author is thoughtful and well-informed and concludes that the suggestion…
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    • Mustard gas, sure. Chlorine, phosgene maybe. But I haven't heard a credible narrative which has them acquiring, handling, mixing, transporting…
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    • How many casualties was the question. Dismissing serious questions with less than serious responses or ad hominem attacks is a…
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    • So you see no precedent there for democide? I am beginning to doubt your motives in this discussion.
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    • I see.
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    • I have a sinking feeling you are talking about America's next president. Ironically he is playing Bush-era geopolitical weariness like…
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    • This is the same regime which perpetrated the Hama massacre in 1982 in which somewhere between 10,000 and 40,000 Syrians…
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    • Let's just say, as a hypothetical exercise, that Assad has killed several hundred Syrians in their sleep with a 5%…
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    • And for the nth time, the UN inspectors' brief is to identify the agent, if any, used in the attack,…
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    • The US or Israel is going to introduce a weapon of mass destruction into the miasma of the Syrian insurgency…
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    • As I have suggested before a Western retribution would likely sabotage any potential détente with Iran or negotiation with Russia…
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    • This is exactly the scenario which I have repeatedly suggested and cited the previous al-Jazeera article supporting: One plausible explanation…
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    • Speaking of "behind the scenes wheeling and dealing" this is a newsy titbit of international relations gossip: Saudi Arabia has…
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    • That the claims of evidence being degraded by subsequent shelling and so forth are errant bullsh*t: Traces of nerve agent…
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    • Well that MSF report you quoted seems pretty cogent. I realise the term neurotoxin isn't very specific, by neurotoxin I…
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    • Genuinely sorry to see you go old bean. Have always enjoyed your contributions, especially in foreign relations.
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