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Originally Posted by Bladewire
You know how sarin gas bombs work right? You have to have and equal mixture of methylphosphonyl difluoride and methylphosphonic dichloride that create the gas when exploded. Bombing sarin chemical weapons factory doesn't create sarin gas, it's a specific precise measurement to make them work.
The reason there is a civil war in Syria is because Assad tortured and murders children and adults .. Its a long story you should know this already.. we should have taken out Assad years ago, just like NK this is long overdue.
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Originally Posted by Bladewire
You do know he admitted to Having chemical weapons and promised to dispose of them while also refusing to sign the treaty to do so right? When have Assads fighters ever been bombed with sarin gas by rebels? NEVER
After the previous sarin attack remember Assad bombed the clinic hours later where survivors were being treated. Imagine that, the suffering and pain of the burning suffocation and being lucky enough to make it to a clinic and as you start to open your eyes as the swelling goes down the clinic gets bombed and your arms are blown off while others are dead.
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It's you who does not understand how these bombs work. What you described is how it "should" work, not when they are mixing chemicals in a back room of a church or school. Normally such weapons are stored in very specific ways; For example, a modern military wouldn't even store them at or near an airport. But with a rag-tag rebel force, it's not like they have the ability to store them long term "until they are needed". It's completely possible these were rebel weapons, primed to go off, and were exploded during an airstrike.
I fully believe Assad was behind this, but we cannot, under any circumstances, launch missile attacks on foreign countries based on a hunch. We are moving into this too fast - In less than two months Trump has put thousands of US troops on the ground in Syria and now launched a rather large missile strike on the Syrian military. Using our military in Syria is not a simple straight forward matter; There are multiple countries involved, and a dozen groups, some of which are not aligned with the United States and would welcome the opportunity to strike out at US forces.
We need to do this thoughtfully and carefully, and with a plan. Trump clearly does not have a plan. Just a few days ago our Secretary of State told us we had to accept Assad, and now we are bombing him. Trump saw some ugly and horrible footage on the news and suddenly he feels he is responsible and feels the need to do something about it. The reality is Trump might just be moving us towards war in which thousands or tens of thousands of Americans can die.