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Mattis Admits There Was No Evidence Assad Used Poison Gas on His People
If one were to use any search engine going back several years you will see that there's much contention over the validity of evidence of use of Chemical Weapons by Syrian leader Assad.
My point is: we've seen this game before.
Now, Russian vowed to defend Syria if the US attacked. I saw reports that said China would support Russia if they retaliated against the US. POTUS said that a strike was launched against Syria, yet there was no Russian or Chinese response? Curious.
Two theories I come up with
Theory 1: China and Russia were just pranking us- they really won't retaliate to support Syria
Theory 2: POTUS lied to the world about the launch- it never happened, FAKE NEWS.
Which is more reasonable?
The Book of Revelation speaks of Wars
and Rumors of Wars (two separate events).
About a week ago I was doing some research on Military Orders which is an interesting bit of law. I found a case in 1799 where SCOTUS upheld a lawsuit against a Naval Captain for detaining a ship (the Flying Fish) on orders from the Commander in Chief, John Adams. Those order were errant and the Captain was held responsible.
I wonder how this Syrian business is going to shake out. I believe that it's against International Law to attack a Sovereign Nation sans (legitimate) provocation. The legitimacy of said Syrian provocation is in serious question.