tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post4174319014514310729..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Gas SchmasCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-49024348743429615562017-04-17T16:03:23.613-04:002017-04-17T16:03:23.613-04:00Ummm....because chemical weapons are categorized a...Ummm....because chemical weapons are categorized as WMD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-33863769426890585042017-04-12T10:19:45.045-04:002017-04-12T10:19:45.045-04:00It already is. Bombing hospitals and bombing schoo...It already is. Bombing hospitals and bombing schools are war crimes. Yet nobody has chosen to respond to Assad's other war crimes. Why this one, specifically, all of a sudden? It's completely irrational.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-18423892372573894312017-04-08T03:14:51.400-04:002017-04-08T03:14:51.400-04:00I'm hesitant to have anything removed from the...I'm hesitant to have anything removed from the Verboten list. Perhaps we can make use of this to add new items to the list. For example, wouldn't bombing / shelling hospitals and schools of children be just as heinous as a chemical attack.<br /><br />Bend the slippery slope to your will! <br />(Please unmix the metaphor for me, if you would.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-82859559965422502092017-04-07T09:19:58.392-04:002017-04-07T09:19:58.392-04:00Clearly after the missile strike on Syria in retal...Clearly after the missile strike on Syria in retaliation of Assad's chemical attack on civilians and the overwhelming bipartisan approval it received demonstrate that yours is a minority opinion.<br /><br />I believe these same lawmakers were disappointed in the last president's lack of response to a similar, but larger chemical attack from the Assad regime.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-36985994660684853002017-04-07T08:55:55.409-04:002017-04-07T08:55:55.409-04:00Absolutely, nuclear weapons are another matter alt...Absolutely, nuclear weapons are another matter altogether. But the habit of lumping chemical weapons in with nukes as "weapons of mass destruction" is preposterous. There is no meaningful difference in potential for lethality between chemical weapons and chemical explosives. We aren't talking about nukes here, that's irrelevant.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-58514991671316143922017-04-06T21:20:16.141-04:002017-04-06T21:20:16.141-04:00I just want to say--apropos of nothing and everyth...I just want to say--apropos of nothing and everything--that Trump, McConnell, Ryan, Bannon, Gorsuch and their ilk are complete fucking assholes, utterly hollow men, worthy of NO respect, spiritually and ethically bankrupt, and deserving of banishment to an island where they can fuck each other and die in utter oblivion :-)<br /><br />"I'm Don Quixote, and I approve this message."Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-23115698482115736432017-04-06T16:43:35.052-04:002017-04-06T16:43:35.052-04:00You're absolutely correct in that this carnage...<br />You're absolutely correct in that this carnage has been going on for a long, long time.<br /><br />Let's remember that there was a previous president that did not react this way to chemical weapons attacks or any of the other atrocities that you mentioned. A red line in the sand was drawn, was violated and nothing was ever mentioned about it. Surely this emboldened the Assad regime.<br /><br />About the freaking out part: You're position seems to be that there should not be a distinction between chemical weapons and old fashioned killing.<br /><br />That's a fair debate. However, would you also lump nuclear weapons, even small tactical ones, the same as conventional weapons? Most people wouldn't. We've seemed to think of nuclear based weapons as over the top. I think that's also how most think about chemical weapons as well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com