Somehow Your
Watchman missed this important information about deadly chemicals being used in
the Syrian war. The U.S. government finally admitted that it was wrong about
Assad using Sarin gas in Syria. As you know the video and photographic evidence reflected that Assad's military did not do it.
Defense
Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday Feb. 2, 2018 that the U.S. has no evidence
to confirm reports from aid groups and others that the Syrian government has
used the deadly chemical sarin on its citizens, Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon. “We do not have evidence of it.”
“We’re looking for evidence of it, since
clearly we are dealing with the Assad regime that has used denial and deceit to
hide their outlaw actions,” Mattis said.
Syrian
President Bashar Assad denies his government has used chemical weapons.
“We’re even more concerned about the
possibility of sarin use,” he said. Sarin is a colorless and tasteless toxin
that can cause respiratory failure leading to death.
In
April 2017, the U.S. launched several dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles at a
Syrian air base in response to what it called illegal Syrian use of chemical
weapons. President Donald Trump said the attack was meant to deter further
Syrian use of illegal weapons.
In
his remarks Friday, Mattis alluded to the April attack, saying, “So they’d be
ill-advised to go back to violating” the international prohibition on the use
of chemical weapons.
On Thursday Feb 1, 2018, the Trump administration
accused Assad of producing and using “new kinds of weapons” to deliver deadly
chemicals. Administration officials said Trump has not ruled out additional
military action to deter chemical attacks or to punish Assad, though they did
not suggest any action was imminent. They emphasized that the United States was
seeking a new way to hold users of chemical weapons accountable and wanted
cooperation from Russia, Assad’s patron, in pressuring him to end the attacks.
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