MOSCOW — If Russia once maintained at least a semblance of distance from President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, it rushed to his defense after the American missile strike ordered by President Trump on Thursday. The attack cemented Moscow more closely than ever to the notorious Syrian autocrat.
Even as the United States condemned Mr. Assad for gassing his own citizens and held Russia partly responsible, given its 2013 promise to rid Syria of chemical weapons, the Kremlin kept denying that Syria had any such capability.
By championing Mr. Assad and condemning American "aggression," President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia seemed to be burying the idea that he could somehow cooperate with the Trump administration to end the conflict on his terms.
"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." Attributed to Abraham Maslow.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 10 2017, @05:21PM (1 child)
At various times, he used everything. He referred to the mustard gas used against the Kurds, as well as the Iranians. Lots of vague references to nuclear arms, along with that forged yellow cake document. Bush made multiple speeches to stir public opinion, and his various talking heads made more speeches. Every possible boogeyman was trotted out in the runup to the invasion. Bush was dead set on invading, and he ignored any intelligence that may have dissuaded him, and blew every scrap of scary intelligence all out of proportion. If not Bush personally, then one talking head or another did it for him.
Then, there was the anthrax scare. And, the beltway sniper. So much crazy shit came together in a short period of time - but of course, there is no common thread between them . . .
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @05:33PM
Let's just use the simple truth please:
Another war crime in a long history of war crimes.