Quote:The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday.

The military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into aerial bombs that could be dropped onto the Syrian people from dozens of fighter-bombers, the officials said.

As recently as Tuesday, officials had said there was as yet no evidence that the process of mixing the "precursor" chemicals had begun. But Wednesday, they said their worst fears had been confirmed: The nerve agents were locked and loaded inside the bombs.

Sarin is an extraordinarily lethal agent. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces killed 5,000 Kurds with a single sarin attack on Halabja in 1988.

U.S. officials stressed that as of now, the sarin bombs hadn't been loaded onto planes and that Assad hadn't issued a final order to use them. But if he does, one of the officials said, "there's little the outside world can do to stop it."

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/...order?lite

Quote:The USS Eisenhower, an American aircraft carrier that holds eight fighter bomber squadrons and 8,000 men, arrived at the Syrian coast yesterday in the midst of a heavy storm, indicating US preparation for a potential ground intervention.

While the Obama administration has not announced any sort of American-led military intervention in the war-torn country, the US is now ready to launch such action “within days” if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad decides to use chemical weapons against the opposition, the Times reports.

Some have suggested that the Assad regime may use chemical weapons against the opposition fighters in the coming days or weeks.

The arrival of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of the 11 US Navy aircraft carriers that has the capacity to hold thousands of men, is now stationed at the coast of Syria, DEBKAfile reports. The aircraft carrier joined the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, which holds about 2,500 Marines.

“We have (US) special operations forces at the right posture, they don’t have to be sent,” an unnamed US official told The Australian, which suggested that US military troops are already near Syria and ready to intervene in the conflict, if necessary.

If the US decides to intervene militarily in Syria, it now has at its disposal 10,000 fighting men, 17 warships, 70 fighter-bombers, 10 destroyers and frigates and a guided military cruises. Some of the vessels are also equipped with Aegis missile interceptors to shoot down any missiles Syria might have at hand, according to DEBKAfile.

http://rt.com/usa/news/us-eisenhower-syr...itary-369/

Syria insists the reports aren't true.

Quote:Western powers are whipping up fears of a fateful move to the use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war as a "pretext for intervention", President Bashar al-Assad's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.

He spoke as Germany's cabinet approved stationing Patriot anti-missile batteries on Turkey's border with Syria, a step requiring deployment of NATO troops that Syria fears could permit imposition of a no-fly zone over its territory.

"Syria stresses again, for the tenth, the hundredth time, that if we had such weapons, they would not be used against its people. We would not commit suicide," Faisal Maqdad said.

http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-says-despe...39797.html

Obama's Iraq?

This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

How so? Do you think it will spread beyond the region?

(12-06-2012 11:13 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

How so? Do you think it will spread beyond the region?

Yes... Russia can rather easily get pulled in and the US will have to respond.

(12-06-2012 11:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:13 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

How so? Do you think it will spread beyond the region?

Yes... Russia can rather easily get pulled in and the US will have to respond.

6 more days

(12-06-2012 11:19 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:13 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

How so? Do you think it will spread beyond the region?

Yes... Russia can rather easily get pulled in and the US will have to respond.

6 more days

LOL, I got that reference.

BY READING THIS POST YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IMATY IS THE LAST GREAT CRUSADER FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE SO HELP YOU GOD.

those frigging mayans were right.


Big O gonna wag the dog by "intervening" in Syria...while he force feeds more "stimulus" via tax hikes.

(12-06-2012 11:30 AM)No Bull Wrote:  those frigging mayans were right.


Big O gonna wag the dog by "intervening" in Syria...while he force feeds more "stimulus" via tax hikes.

O reminds me of Neville Chamberlain... He will fiddle away until it's too late..

All sarcasm aside...I hope the president and our military sit this one out... Syria is a powder keg of epic proportions

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

My guess is he will start on Dec 21.

(12-06-2012 11:19 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:13 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

How so? Do you think it will spread beyond the region?

Yes... Russia can rather easily get pulled in and the US will have to respond.

6 more days

If you are talking about the Myan calendar, that is Dec 21. Of course, knowing you it is probably something from the Bible.

Yeah, I think the US needs to sit back and be very careful what side to support. I know Assad is certainly no angel, but neither is the opposition.

Quote:In the interview translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), one fighter says that “Allah willing,” the next goals are to invade Israel, Turkey, Iran, Iraq and – most intriguingly – Spain.

Just who is the oposition and what do they want?

Quote:Syrian mujahid: The West, Bashar, and America should be happy. This is what you get for supporting the Bashar regime. We told you that we wanted freedom. If you had removed him, you’d never have heard from us again. You have brought this upon yourselves. We have become Islamists. We have become terrorists. You forced this situation upon us. You could have called him up and said: “Bashar, get out.” He would have left. But instead, you supported and financed him. Why? Because he serves as [Israel’s] border guard. Not a bullet has been fired there in the past 48 years.

They want a Muslim caliphate. It will be interesting to see who Obama decides to support this time.

Iran movement - O is silent.
Tunisia - Supportive where it all began
Libya - Supportive, do we even know who's in charge there?
Egypt - Supportive in removing Mumbarak
Egypt - Silent in wake of new protest over Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Israel/Gaza conflict - Mostly silent until it was clear Israel was going to wipe out Hamas in Gaza.

Recent US track record in the Middle East is shockingly bad. There are only so many mistakes that remain to be made before the entire region erupts, dragging Turkey, Russia, Iran, and the US into it.

(12-06-2012 11:56 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

My guess is he will start on Dec 21.

That's my birthday. What did you get me this year?

(12-06-2012 12:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:56 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

My guess is he will start on Dec 21.

That's my birthday. What did you get me this year?

Front row seats to the end of the world maybe? Just in case that's right I'll go ahead and say it now. Happy Birthday.

(12-06-2012 12:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:56 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

My guess is he will start on Dec 21.

That's my birthday. What did you get me this year?

I made sure it wasn't clean coal because that is the kind of coal you like best.

(12-06-2012 12:33 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:56 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

My guess is he will start on Dec 21.

That's my birthday. What did you get me this year?

Coal? Why do you hate the environment?

(12-06-2012 12:35 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:33 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:56 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 10:18 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  This does have the potential to spill over into WWIII

My guess is he will start on Dec 21.

That's my birthday. What did you get me this year?

Coal? Why do you hate the environment?

Well, I just figures that with this Syria thing and the Mayan calendar, there is no need to worry anymore.

(12-06-2012 12:38 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:35 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:33 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 11:56 AM)RobertN Wrote:  My guess is he will start on Dec 21.

That's my birthday. What did you get me this year?

Coal? Why do you hate the environment?

Well, I just figures that with this Syria thing and the Mayan calendar, there is no need to worry anymore.

Finally some logical thinking from Robert! We as a species are much more likely to destroy ourselves in a much more efficient way than 'poisoning' the planet through gradual man-made warming.

(12-06-2012 12:55 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:38 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:35 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:33 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  That's my birthday. What did you get me this year?

Coal? Why do you hate the environment?

Well, I just figures that with this Syria thing and the Mayan calendar, there is no need to worry anymore.

Finally some logical thinking from Robert! We as a species are much more likely to destroy ourselves in a much more efficient way than 'poisoning' the planet through gradual man-made warming.

Overall we are a very efficient species and to impatient to wait for environmental destruction. I blame it on the microwave oven.