U.S. can’t prove Bashar Assad approved chemical attacks in Syria

U.S. intelligence has yet to uncover evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad directly ordered the chemical attacks last month on civilians in a suburb of Damascus, though the consensus inside U.S. agencies and Congress is that members of Mr. Assad’s inner circle likely gave the command, officials tell The Washington Times.

"We know that his regime gave orders to prepare for a chemical attack," said Kerry. "We know by tracing it physically where the rockets came from and where they landed," he added, saying still-secret intelligence showed rockets being fired from regime-controlled areas into the opposition held eastern Ghouta suburbs.

"The evidence is powerful, and the question for all of us is what are we going to do about it," said Kerry

Skeptical wrote:After all the claims by Obama, Kerry, and others why am I not surprised by this?

U.S. intelligence has yet to uncover evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad directly ordered the chemical attacks last month on civilians in a suburb of Damascus, though the consensus inside U.S. agencies and Congress is that members of Mr. Assad’s inner circle likely gave the command, officials tell The Washington Times.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/11/us-cant-prove-bashar-assad-approved-chemical-attac/#ixzz2egrG2CHV

What happened to all this "evidence"

"We know that his regime gave orders to prepare for a chemical attack," said Kerry. "We know by tracing it physically where the rockets came from and where they landed," he added, saying still-secret intelligence showed rockets being fired from regime-controlled areas into the opposition held eastern Ghouta suburbs.

"The evidence is powerful, and the question for all of us is what are we going to do about it," said Kerry

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57601921/kerry-we-know-assad-ordered-syria-chemical-attack-what-are-we-going-to-do-about-it/

Jammer wrote:It is a little bizarre that Assad who has killed tens of thousands of people would find it necessary to get out the gas to kill  a few dozen more.  Why would he risk world condemnation to kill a few dozen bystanders?  It only makes sense to Obama's useful idiots and the mental midgets he has in his administration.