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2013-08-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Experts: Don't bomb chemical weapon sites in Syria

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Posted by Fred 2013-08-31 09:40|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Hell this war is going on terminal hold if we are needing an environmental impacter statement.

But why not? Why not indeed, a perfect cover.

Posted by Shipman 2013-08-31 12:49|| 2013-08-31 12:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, if you nuke a chemical weapons site, the chemicals won't be a problem.

Of course, the nuke will create its own environmental problems.

Except that it would set a very dangerous precedent, maybe Congress should insist that Obama file an environmental impact statement for every attack.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-08-31 12:58|| 2013-08-31 12:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Good thing we have experts, eh?

Posted by Kelly 2013-08-31 13:16|| 2013-08-31 13:16|| Front Page Top

#4 So called "experts" in the press are dolts. As if the only weapons available are either HE or nukes.

HE followed-on by FAE. FAE are violent as hell, but they do tend to burn up anything that is aerosolized by the HE. ANd they will probably kill anyone that survived the HE attacks by exposing them to the subsequent FAE overpressure detonation, so to be politically convenient, the FAE will be the cause fo death, not nerve agent.

Of course the FAE will make hella-big beaten areas, as well as making a very big bada boom. So there's the political downside too.

Posted by OldSpook 2013-08-31 13:47|| 2013-08-31 13:47|| Front Page Top

#5 As I recall a FAE is also 'more' effective when contained. So any remaining post-HE structures will serve as concentration vessels for the penetrating FA mix.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-08-31 14:30|| 2013-08-31 14:30|| Front Page Top

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