US: Assad regime must be ‘held accountable’ for suspected chlorine attack

Washington blasts Moscow over support for Syrian president as 70 killed in Douma; medics say poisonous gas used on civilians

ed note–before all the usual suspects react to this with their typical ‘NYUH-HUH…NYUH-HUH’ (a little phrase made famous by the irreplaceable Mike Piper) please keep in mind a few facts.

The American people are–tragically–now the dumbest people in the world. With only few exceptions, they wander around aimlessly looking for their latest ‘meal’ in the form of some trivial, tabloidesque distraction like the mindless zombies featured in the Walking Dead who wander around in search of human flesh to eat. Even Trump’s supporters–not the least of which are the largest voting block in America numbering over 90 million, the Christian Evangelicals–have bought into all the Judaic propaganda concerning Assad, Syria, and anyone deemed an ‘EOI’–enemy of Israel.

The point is, just as it was a year ago with the ‘gas attack’ that resulted in Trump firing a slew of missiles at a for-the-most-part empty airfield in Syria to ‘punish’ Assad, unfortunately he can’t have a rational, reasonable, fact-filled conversation with the American people or his supporters and say to them ‘Look, Assad didn’t do this. Israel did it because of my decision to pull American troops out of Syria’ and expect it to go over well, as Judea Inc would then use this to try and drive a wedge between him and the large groups that make up his biggest base of support.

Instead, he has to ‘play the game’. He has to say nasty things about Assad, Putin, Iran, etc because if he doesn’t, then his enemies out to bring him down will then use it as ‘proof’ that he is ‘Putin’s puppet’ and that he is ‘owned by the Russians’, or, as they tried to do with Obama, make the accusation that he is a ‘secret Muslim’.

It is for this reason that we have–unfortunately with little success–warned those making up ‘duh muuvmnt’ not to add their voices to those trying to corner Trump into executing certain actions, utilizing their well-organized screeching campaigns that take place against him on a daily basis. Remember that a few days ago, Trump was adamant that the US role in Syria was over and that it was time to bring the boys home. Now however the dynamic has changed and he has been put into a corner that all but necessitates some type of response on his part that could set into motion a series of events with unintended consequences, not the least of which is an all-out shooting war with Russia and Iran.

Times of Israel

The United States strongly condemned an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta late Saturday, saying Russia bore some responsibility due to its “unwavering support” for the regime.

Douma, the last opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta, was pounded by renewed airstrikes that killed 70 civilians in around 24 hours — while 11 people also suffered breathing problems.

First responders have accused forces loyal to President Bashar Assad of using poisonous chlorine gas.

“The Assad regime and its backers must be held accountable and any further attacks prevented immediately,” US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.

“Russia, with its unwavering support for the regime, ultimately bears responsibility for these brutal attacks.”

Nauert repeated the US’s previous assertions that Moscow had “breached its commitments to the United Nations as a framework guarantor” and questioned the Kremlin’s commitment to ending the crisis.

“Russia’s protection of the Assad regime and failure to stop the use of chemical weapons in Syria calls into question its commitment to resolving the overall crisis and to larger non-proliferation priorities,” she said, calling upon Moscow to join international efforts to prevent further attacks.

The Syrian regime has been repeatedly accused of using chemical weapons, with the United Nations among those blaming government forces for a deadly sarin gas attack on the opposition-held village of Khan Sheikhun in April 2017.

Since February 18, the regime’s Ghouta offensive has killed more than 1,600 civilians.