Russia warns of war over Syria strikes

[LibraLove 1,281]

1 hour ago, FATCAT said:

I don't take the US government at it's word 100%, but I trust the Intel community, and I also trust my instinct that if Putin says something, the opposite is probably true. The combination of those two things, means that not only did the attack happen, but Assad/Putin are responsible. As to the second part of your question, Assad is Putin's puppet, as long as Putin is there and Russian influence sheilds them, they could care less about optics. It makes total sense.

The Intel Community has lied about similar things several times over. Significantly in my lifetime too. As you said above, Russia is teetering on the edge. If Putin knows that, why would he and Assad both put their countries and people in peril by doing such a stupid thing? They may be bad, but you can't say they don't care about their countries and wanting to maintain power. Why put yourself in a position where that could all disintegrate? Why not wait until the OPCW completes their fact-finding mission before casting blame and jumping the gun.

[Florian 20,017]

2 hours ago, LibraLove said:

So you take the U.S. government's word at 100% face value? To me, it does not make sense for Assad to do such a thing with the world's eyes set firmly on his every move. He's already pushed most of the "rebels" and ISIS out. What good would come of orchestrating a gas attack against his own people with world powers watching his every move and literally looking for provocation like that? It makes no sense.

Syria is in a civil war, Assad doesn't care about killing few people if his message is sent. He just wants power and show he's stronger than the opposite side.

Not to mention that he's backed up by Russia so he's not affraid of what the international community could say. Putin probably doesn't know half of the stuff Assad does.

[FATCAT 60,886]

2 hours ago, LibraLove said:

The Intel Community has lied about similar things several times over. Significantly in my lifetime too. As you said above, Russia is teetering on the edge. If Putin knows that, why would he and Assad both put their countries and people in peril by doing such a stupid thing? They may be bad, but you can't say they don't care about their countries and wanting to maintain power. Why put yourself in a position where that could all disintegrate? Why not wait until the OPCW completes their fact-finding mission before casting blame and jumping the gun.

They just vetoed a UN investigation into the chemical attack. Putin and his cronies aren't 100% logical, they do things to test the waters all the time. You're trying to use logic, but they aren't logical. They do things on whim all the time.