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    In this case I am. Given the scope of the attack and lethality of the agents used and the districts…
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    • We don't want the rebels to win, at least not the ones we've seen so far. Success is impossible in-country,…
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    • Regarding the issue of chemical weapons proliferation, especially if it turns out that Assad has deliberately adulterated neurotoxins with riot…
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    • It will be more analogous in scope and duration to Clinton's cruise missile attacks in 1998 in Sudan and Afghanistan,…
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    • That while I agree with your characterisation of Obama's methodology that it may extend beyond the US cabinet in this…
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    • He was losing some suburban areas in Damascus while making advances elsewhere. There have also been unconfirmed reports of an…
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    • Iran's motives are hard to isolate, there seems to be some competing and mutually exclusive objectives. On the one hand…
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    • His 'cabinet' may extend to claims from other Western nations as well; there have been several.
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    • This is being done with reluctance and as much restraint as the administration can credibly maintain: Barack Obama is likely…
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    • Think you are on to something there. Also, worth considering that sabotaging a Western rapprochement with Iran might figure strongly…
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    • If so their cause was lost at Khan al-Assal, no? Because I don't hear a strong counterargument to the accusation…
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    • That's correct on historical principles although the cited claim was from back in June. In this case the MSF has…
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    • The Russian case for the rebel's use of chemical weapons at Khan al-Asal is a bit thin, though it may…
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    • To the UN, you and Booman, the likelihood that an inspection finds nothing was mooted from the outset, my emphasis:…
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    • I really don't think Obama and Kerry want a piece of this action either. I'm guessing there are a lot…
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    • To one of the three sites intended to be inspected: He said Mr. Sellstrom's team will visit Khan al-Assal, a…
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    • That was only due to security concerns: Kevin Kennedy, a retired U.S. Marine colonel who heads the U.N. Department of…
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    • While not pertinent to your specific assignment this has been nagging at me for weeks. I was sure I had…
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    • Colonel Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo, discussing the Manning conviction and sentence with Scott Horten: "...we talk about…
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    • In each state-wide Australian Senate federal election the proportional representation quota for winning a seat is only one-seventh or 14.3%…
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