Monday, August 26, 2013

John Kerry Syria Chemical Weapons FULL Speech. KERRY: SYRIA ATTACK 'A MORAL OBSCENITY'

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The  unmitigated  gall of this  man  and this   administration to  lecture  anyone  on  morality.  Mush  less the   morality  or  lack thereof  in the  killing  of innocent women and  children.  How  dare  they stand there  and  criticize  anyone!

So  use of  chemical  weapons  is  immoral and  condemned  by  civilized  societies?

Why then  do they  not   condemn drone attacks?

Why then  do they  not  condemn  using  depleted  Uranium  in  bombs?

Why then  did they  look the other  way  when Saddam  Hussein  was  gassing Kurds ?   Only to use the  humanitarian  card  when it  suited  them?

Enough  with the  lies and the  hypocrisy !  We  are  not  idiots  to  fall for  these lies again!  Get  your  own  house in  order  and  stop meddling  in  affairs  that are  not  your  concern.  Stop putting oil and  power  ahead of the  lives  of  innocents.  Enough  with the  Interventionist Foreign Policy that  has  taken  so many  innocent  lives.

This hypocritical and shameful display  is  fooling  no one.  It is  immoral  now  becase  you  want  an  excuse  to invade  Syrian   just  like  the  Bush Administration invaded Iraq. 

Why no  outrage  at the crimes  being  perpetrated  against the   people  of  Bahrain  or  Saudi Arabia?

Simply  because  they  serve  your reedy and  power  hungry plans.  You could  care less what  happens  to the  people  or the  children.  All  you  care  about  is  what's in it  for  you.

And  as  for the  statement  ,  “That is not the behavior of a government that has nothing to hide. That is not the action of a regime eager to prove to the world it had not used chemical weapons,” said Kerry. Rather, the official said the Assad regime’s latest actions are “too late to be credible.”  My  response is remember  Iraq, Benghazi, The Patriot Act, NDAA, Prism, an  endless  string of innocent civilian lives  lost  to  drone attacks, birth defects to children  born in the  middle east  where  depleted  Uranium  bombs have  been  used , the  deaths  of  how  many  Egyptians due to  meddling in  a  sovereign  nations affairs for self interest  and so many  others?


Now that is  the  behavior  of  a  government that has  nothing to hide  right?

Disgusting,  simply  disgusting!!


~Desert Rose ~

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Les Grossman






Published on Aug 26, 2013
Secretary of State Kerry Says Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria Is Inexcusable. Kerry Says Chemical Attacks In Syria Should 'Shock The Conscience Of The World'

Kerry Says Attacks Defy 'The Code of Morality'

Editor's Note: The State Department announced that Secretary John Kerry's remarks will be delivered at 2:30 p.m. ET, rather than 2 p.m. as originally scheduled.

Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver a statement on the crisis in Syria at 2 p.m. ET, the State Department announced Monday, as the U.S. girds for possible military action against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Mr. Kerry will deliver the statement in the briefing room at the State Department.

His statement comes as the U.S. considers plans to respond forcefully to reports that the Assad regime used chemical weapons last week that opposition groups said killed more than 1,000 people. The White House held meetings over the weekend to decide how to respond but officials said late Sunday that President Barack Obama has yet to make a decision.

Mr. Kerry's statement will precede the daily briefing at the State Department with reporters. White House press secretary Jay Carney was supposed to brief reporters at the White House at 12:30 p.m. ET, but changed the time of his briefing to 3 p.m. Shortly after, the State Department announced that Mr. Kerry would make a statement on Syria.


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Syrian Kurdish leader says Assad not to blame for attack



BERLIN | Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:15pm BST
(Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not be "so stupid" as to use chemical weapons close to Damascus, the leader of the country's largest Kurdish group said.
Saleh Muslim, head of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said he doubted the Syrian president would resort to using such weapons when he felt he had the upper hand in the country's civil war.

He suggested last Wednesday's attack, which the opposition says was carried out by government forces and killed hundreds of people, was aimed at framing Assad and provoking an international reaction. Assad has denied his forces used chemical weapons.

"The regime in Syria ... has chemical weapons, but they wouldn't use them around Damascus, 5 km from the (U.N.) committee which is investigating chemical weapons. Of course they are not so stupid as to do so," Muslim told Reuters.

At the time of the incident, U.N. experts were already in Syria to investigate three previous alleged chemical attacks dating from months ago.

Muslim's PYD, which has well-armed and effective militias, has clashed with Assad's forces as well as rebels, but has allowed both to move through its territories during the war.

Some rebels and rival Kurdish groups accuse it of having been close to the state, a position Muslim disputes. He said Kurdish areas the PYD controlled were under attack from al Qaeda-linked rebels.

Muslim suggested "some other sides who want to blame the Syrian regime, who want to show them as guilty and then see action" lay behind the chemical attack, which has led to speculation that Western countries will order a military response.

He said that if the U.N. inspectors found evidence Assad was not behind the gassing and the rebels were, "everybody would forget it".

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US accuses Syrian government of using chemical weapons and destroying evidence

Published time: August 26, 2013 18:56
Edited time: August 26, 2013 21:27


Secretary of State John Kerry (AFP Photo /  Mark Wilson)
Secretary of State John Kerry (AFP Photo / Mark Wilson)
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that the Obama administration is "all but certain" that the Syrian government used chemical weapons to attack innocent civilians.
Sec. Kerry made a statement from Washington, DC on Monday afternoon underscoring  that the White House has little doubt the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad deployed chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus last week, killing hundreds.
Reports from Syria of chemical warfare “should shock the conscience of the world,” Kerry said, adding that the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children carried out by the Assad regime constitutes a “moral obscenity.”
President Barack Obama has yet to make a determination about how the US will respond, Kerry said, but a decision would be forthcoming. The US has already mobilized warships in the Mediterranean Sea which may begin striking Syrian target upon permission from Washington.
Kerry said the White House has “additional information” about this attack that is being compiled and reviewed by the administration and will be released in the days ahead.
 “While investigators are gathering additional information on the ground, our understanding of what has already happened in Syria is grounded in facts, informed by conscious and guided by common sense,” Sec. Kerry said. “The reported number of victims, the reported symptoms of those who were killed or injured, the first hand accounts from the humanitarian organizations on the ground . . . these all strongly indicate that everything these images are already screaming at us are real: that chemical weapons were used in Syria.”
Moreover, we know that the Syrian regime maintains custody of these weapons,” Kerry added.
Pres. Assad had been uncooperative with the United Nations’ requests to inspect military compounds for chemical weapons until this week, Kerry said, and a UN convoy sent to investigate this week reportedly found what the secretary called a “cynical attempt” to cover up a “cowardly crime.”
That is not the behavior of a government that has nothing to hide. That is not the action of a regime eager to prove to the world it had not used chemical weapons,” said Kerry. Rather, the official said the Assad regime’s latest actions are “too late to be credible.”



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