Sunday, September 8, 2013

Many Questions and no clear answers


13 pretty good opinions and questions after ABC News did a bit of research on what the White House claims to be the truth and what simple internet searches can tell you.  Below some of them.

From ABC
....13 Surprising Things We Learned    About Syria, the Obama Administration (and Poker) This Week.

IF WE STRIKE SYRIA ONCE, WOULD WE DO IT AGAIN?  
Secretary of State John Kerry said earlier this week that if there was another chemical attack in Syria weeks or months after a first round of air strikes (should President Obama ultimately go ahead with them) the administration would consider going back and striking again. This revelation came just a few days after the president assured the nation that any intervention in Syria would not be an open-ended commitment. When asked whether..............

JUST HOW BIG ARE RADICAL ELEMENTS IN THE SYRIAN REBEL FORCES?  
Kerry's assessment that the radical elements of the Syrian opposition only make up 15 to 25 percent of the 70,000 to 100,000 estimated opposition fighters and that overall rebel forces are more moderate than people think has been challenged. Both Reuters and The New York Times published stories this week disputing Kerry's claim, with Reuters citing U.S. government intelligence reports and the Times relying on reporting on the ground from Syria. But Kerry's argument was that even if the rebels are radicalized, .....

WOULD THE US PUT 'BOOTS ON THE GROUND'?
There was some confusion over whether Secretary of State John Kerry was leaving the door open to the U.S. committing "boots on the ground" in Syria. He told Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., that "in the event Syria imploded, for instance, or .........

WHAT TARGETS DOES AMERICA PLAN TO HIT?
On Tuesday, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey complained about the leak of military planning and targeting for the Syria operation. But on Wednesday, he confirmed everything that had been reported in the media a week earlier. Dempsey said targets are "directly linked to the control of chemical weapons but without exposing ..........

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