Though the “evidence,” such as it is, of chemical weapons use in Syria appears to be based on little more than rebel allegations and the occasional photograph, President Obama sought to return the scandal to headlines today by affirming that the US has “seen” the existing evidence.
The US had dismissed all of the evidence until late April, when Israel officially announced it believed Syria’s government used chemical weapons and the administration dutifully went along with it. The primary difference was that Israel claimed five uses, while the US says maximum two.
Then last week Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who Obama met today, claimed “at least 200” incidents of chemical weapons use, and claimed Turkey had absolute proof of all of them. Obama admitted he had already seen the proof, but reiterated that “more specific information” is needed .... http://news.antiwar.com
