President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Pete Souza)
Obama Was Warned Of Earlier Chemical Attacks In Syria, Stayed Mum Until Deaths Hit Masses -- Washington Times
Well before last month’s sarin nerve gas attack in a Damascus suburb, the Obama administration had gathered intelligence that chemical weapons had been used in Syria on multiple occasions but did not take action because there were debates about who was responsible and there was little public outcry, according to officials familiar with the intelligence.
A congressional official familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments told The Washington Times on Monday that evidence of the earlier attacks was what prompted senior administration officials to agree in June to a covert plan by the CIA to deliver small American arms to rebels in their fight against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The official, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because he was discussing sensitive assessments, added that there were two theories circulating in the intelligence community about why the August attack was much larger than the early deployments of chemical weapons.
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My Comment: If this report is true .... staying mum on war crimes until a critical point is reached on the number of fatalities is not how a great nation like the U.S. should lead .... but alas .... it appears that this is how it is now being led.
Update: U.N. Implicates Syria in Using Chemical Arms -- New York Times
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