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Originally Posted by purecane
aren't the rebels al-queda? and aren't we the ones funding them? sooo, does that make the US government responsible for the chemical weapons?
i could be wrong, but that's my  |
my understanding is that an *extreme* faction of the rebel forces are in fact al qeuda. ~10% is the # i've read.
it's also my understanding that the rebel forces are more intent on securing their particular region/territory of syria rather than fight assad's forces on a unified front.
i would not say it makes usa responsible for the chemical weapons but it doesn't rule it out necc. we do know that assad has built 5 major chemical weapons stations and his father before him was an advocate of using them to quell opposition.
so it would make sense that syria has their own chemical weapons industry. they are not relying on new missiles either, scud missiles, etc.
+ from what i've read they buy a ton of military shit directly from russia so it actually seems not likey the usa is complicit in syria's chem weapons.
the op and all of this prove one thing- going in there/bombing/attacking is a bad idea. for so many reasons.