Suspected poison gas kills at least 40 in Damascus suburb
BEIRUT (AP) — Suspected poison gas was used to attack the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, killing at least 40 people, including families found in their homes and shelters, opposition activists and local rescuers said Sunday.
The attack on the besieged town of Douma came almost exactly a year after a chemical attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun killed dozens of people.
First responders entering apartments in Douma late Saturday said they found bodies collapsed on floors, some foaming at the mouth. The opposition's Syrian Civil Defense rescue organization said the victims appeared to have suffocated. "People now are going out in the streets looking for their loved ones in the rubble," Bakkar said. "And we don't have any space left to bury them."
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The developments come as Trump has declared his intent to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in the coming months despite resistance from many of his advisers.
The bets thing that can happen there at this point is Assad wins quickly and the bloodshed stops. I mean obviously it won't for those who participated, but situations like this will cease. The US has never been too committed to this thing beyond ISIS, and Trump has essentially done exactly what Obama did and just fired off the shit cannon about chemical weapons without any real intent of taking serious action should they be used.
Too bad Obama didn't adopt my position, fight ISIS but other than that stay out of the civil war entirely.
A joint statement by the civil defense group and the medical society said that more than 500 people, mostly women and children, were brought to medical centers complaining of difficulty breathing, foaming at the mouth and burning sensations in the eyes. Some had bluish skin, a sign of oxygen deprivation.
Russia denied any involvement in the attack. Maj. Gen. Yuri Yevtushenko was quoted by Russian news agencies Sunday as saying Russia was prepared to send specialists to Douma to "confirm the fabricated nature" of the reports.
Russia, along with Iran, already have a strong military presence in Iran that is backing the perps-- the Syrian regime (al Assad).
Trump needs to do something about this. Oh... Wait... These baby killers are backed by Russia and lover boy Vlad so... There you go.
Obama did nothing about it. Should we go to war over Syria? Let the UN handle it, we're not the world's police anymore.
So you're saying Obama did the right thing by doing nothing ?
So... Killing babies is OK then?
Makes one wonder if Syria has a death wish.
Why?
They will suffer no consequences for this.
Their government is backed up by Iranin a troops stationed in Syria and fighting to support the government.
In addition Trump's friends the Russians have troops stationed there who are also fighting to support the governemnt-- and also engaged in bombinhg civilian areas where there is anti-government activity.
The U.N. can't act to deter this-- Russia (and probably Chinea) will veto any resolution about this.
But even if they did pass a resolution, it would have no effect.
And finally, remember-- Syria has already used posoin gas-- nothing significant was done to stop them.
The fact is, their government and its allies will continue to use poison gas against civilians whenever it feels like it...wothout any fear of significant repercussions
These types of incidents increase when the US President is weak.
I remember Obama running away and doing nothing about it. But that is to be expected from a wimpy weakling and cowardly ass kisser.
Do you remember Obama asking Congress to give him the authority to do something about it, and the GOP balking ?
Unlike Trump-- who is a bold, courageous man of integrity who will not stand for Syria's use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians !
/sarc
But Trump, like Obama, talks loudly but doesn't carry any real stick! (Trump has not taken any significant action to stop the Syrians, and never- will- because he fears pissing off the main supporter of the barbaric Syrian regime regime. For some reason Trump is terrified of pissing off his close friend-- Vladimir Putin.
These types of incidents increase when the US President is weak.
Well, FWIW, neither Obama nor Trump has taken any any effective action against Syria-- and there's no doubt that Trump not take any either (he will issue a few carefully worded "condemnations", draw another "red line", but will not take any memingful actions for fear of offening his pal Vladimir Putin).
P.S: Trump has said he wants to withdraw the small number of U.S. forces currently in Syria-- although even those are not risking pissing off Putin by fighting the Syrian government forces.
In fact, those U..S. troops are fighting enemies of the Syrian government!!!
I’m not sure what Trump (or anyone else) is supposed to do about it. Nobody appointed the the US as the world’s policeman and Trump has no legal right, under international law, to be on Syrian territory after being told to get out. The Russians and Iranians, on the other hand, were invited by the Syrian government. Trump can take the matter to the UN, but after imposing sanctions on Russia and China, he can’t expect them to do anything other than laugh when he asks them to impose sanctions on Syria.
I think using chemical weapons on defenseless people is terrible but so is blowing them to pieces. This whole situation is the result of a civil war in which we’re openly trying to topple a government that Russia and Iran are determined to keep standing. Maybe it’s time to stop trying to topple the government (which has killed hundreds of thousands) and, instead, try and stabilize both the country and the region.
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(The Kurds had been one of the groups most effective in fighting the barbaric Syrian regime . . but they've been been massacred by forces of Russia, Iran, and Turkey...)
The left has gone full on neocon from the looks of it. Thank God Hillary didn't win or we'd be in a six front war now.
Taunting skirting the CoC [ph]
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