NP - The NATION (magazine), SYRIA, AND THE TRUTH ABOUT CHEMICAL WEAPONS

[David Morris]

As usual, you have ignored the supject of the article I posted (The Nation
magazine lied to cast doubt on Assad's chew attack), and then just
ramble-rant on about whatever you feel like.  You don't know how to
converse.

David Morris

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:07 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Virtually every branch of federal power is now headed by people whose
> primary qualification is kissing the ass of a man who lies daily. The US
> government and press have a history of lies and misinformation particularly
> to justify military actions. What I see are many assurances from big shots
> and all the evidence coming from White Helmet types who are part of
> opposition to Assad. I have seen no substantive evidence, and you do not
> list any, but what major difference does it make? The US wars to topple
> regimes have done far more evil than good and have not brought stability or
> just government. The US has committed many war crimes itself, the wars only
> serve to bankrupt our own democracy and give ever more power to the weapons
> industry and military.  Why are you promoting this agenda?  Why not choose
> the arrests and killings in Egypt, Gaza, Burma, Turkey, Honduras etc.  Why
> so obsessed with this neocon agenda?
>
>
> > On Apr 26, 2018, at 4:34 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On April 11th 2017, the US National Security Council released a 4-page
> > reportwhich stated, “The United States is confident that the Syrian
> regime
> > conducted a chemical weapons attack, using the nerve agent sarin, against
> > its own people in the town of Khan Shaykhun in southern Idlib Proince on
> > April 4, 2017.”  The same day, Secretary of Defense James Mattis
> declared,
> > “Last Tuesday on the 4th of April, the Syrian regime attacked its own
> > people using chemical weapons. I have personally reviewed the
> intelligence,
> > and there is no doubt the Syrian regime is responsible for the decision
> to
> > attack and for the attack itself.”
> >
> > Imagine if, after all that, Secretary Mattis stated that “we do not have
> > evidence” that the Assad regime was responsible for the Khan Shaykhun
> > attack.  It would be a shocking admission, staggering in its
> implications.
> > But Mattis never made such an admission.
> >
> > Nevertheless, *The Nation* published an article on April 16th 2018
> claiming
> > that he did.  Its claim is indisputably false.  [...]   *The Nation* is
> > deceiving the public on a matter of the utmost gravity.
> >
> > The transcript of the February press conference is available for all to
> > read.
> >
> > It matters what happened in Khan Shaykhun.  We have abundant evidence,
> > certified by the UN, that the Assad regime launched a gas attack causing
> > dozens of men, women, and children to suffer agonizing deaths. The
> Nation’s
> > claim encourages readers to think otherwise, but the claim is a
> > fabrication.  Stephen Shalom (the author of a superb Jacobin article on
> the
> > Khan Shaykhun attack) has made the following observation about those who
> > propagate the James Mattis "no evidence" assertion: “Sometimes, a claim
> is
> > so clearly without merit, so obviously ludicrous, that those who promote
> it
> > mark themselves, at best, as individuals wholly uninterested in examining
> > evidence when a dubious claim conforms to their preconceived notions, or,
> > at worst, as scoundrels.”  The journalistic malpractice of The Nation
> > insults victims and harms the truth.
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