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| U.S. spy chief calls Syria 'apocalyptic disaster' |
| 2014-02-12 |
| [Rooters] The top U.S. intelligence chief said on Tuesday the war in Syria had created an "apocalyptic disaster" and said he was convinced that documents alleging torture and murder in the conflict were authentic. But no different from 'torture and murder' found in other conflicts throughout recorded history. National Intelligence Director James Clapper Was asked by Senator John McCain during a Senate hearing whether he had seen the documents, published by an array of media outlets including CNN, as potential proof of atrocities by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government. Clapper said he had, and that he believed they were real. Why should he not believe them? They were not written by him. "They're terrible. And when you consider the humanitarian disaster in addition to the 2.5 million refugees, the 6.5 million or 7 million that are internally displaced, the 134,000 plus people that have been killed, it is an apocalyptic disaster," he said. All war is terrible. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Who is James Clapper Was, you say? Well he goes on to say this: "Somewhere in the neighborhood of between 20,000 and maybe up to a top range of 26,000 we regard as extremists," he said. "And they are disproportionately influential because they are among the most effective fighters on the battlefield." Funny, I thought influence was directly proportional to effectiveness. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-02-12 14:22 |
| #4 Send help [food and medicine] to the refugee camps. When the shooting is over, those people will probably want to go home. One or two may remember the kindness. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-12 14:12 |
| #3 The big question is what can the US do? Both sides seem unwilling to listen to complaints about humanitarian problems. Both sides seem like total sh*ts. If the US goes in, guns blazing, all it will do is add to the civilian death toll. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-02-12 14:07 |
| #2 He's an insulator, a cut-out man, and not a very good one at that. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-12 14:07 |
| #1 A National Intelligence Director, with no real authority over US national intelligence, asked to comment on open-source documents, by a Senator whose agenda on Syria is well known. Should've done this on the View with Whoopie and Babs, instead of in a Senate hearing. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-02-12 13:53 |