Fear Mongers at Work for US to Attack Syria

EIN News says, "Syrian Unrest Raises Fears About Chemical Arsenal In 2008, a secret State Department cable warned of a growing chemical weapons threat from a Middle Eastern country whose autocratic leader had a long history of stirring up trouble in the region. The leader, noted for his "support for terrorist organizations," was attempting to buy technology from other countries to upgrade an already fearsome stockpile of deadly poisons, the department warned. (washingtonpost.com)".

Here we go again! Warmongers in the State Department starting to make the case for why we should have military action against Syria.

However, let's look at the apparent facts. First of all, the State Department cable is three years old. It was presumably a warning based on supposition.

At that time, Syria was said to be trying to buy technology on how to upgrade a "deadly poisons" arsenal. Notice use of the term "deadly poisons", rather than chemical weapons. It sounds more ominous.

So what if they wanted to buy technology for deadly poisons or chemical weapons, how does that affect us? We're only concerned with the use of weapons against the US homeland. That means that they have to be delivered by intercontinental ballistic missile, of which Syria has none. Another possibility of delivery is by ship, but chemical poisons are bulky. They can easily be located by port inspections. It's not the same as trying to find a torpedo-like atomic bomb.

Before you get upset about these ridiculous claims, we will remember that we got into a war with Iraq, because of a similar claim for mass destruction weapons. None were ever found.