{"id":4845,"date":"2013-03-19T20:32:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T00:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2013-03-19T20:32:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T00:32:23","slug":"did-syria-really-use-chemical-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4845","title":{"rendered":"Did Syria really use chemical weapons?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4846\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol.png 252w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chemical_symbol-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>No, I am not trying to cast rhetorical doubt on the assertion that Assad&#8217;s government has used chemical weapons in the on-going civil war in Syria. As a matter of fact, I find the assertion believable and credible.<\/p>\n<p>But, lest we forget what happened exactly ten years ago&#8230; Having just <a href=\"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4838\">finished wading through<\/a> the Mother Jones timeline about the lies and deceptions leading up to the Iraq war, I have to ask myself: can these assertions be really believed, or should we demand corroborating evidence?<\/p>\n<p>CNN is certainly ready to go to war. Their talking heads are already discussing what is needed beyond air strikes.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4845' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, I am not trying to cast rhetorical doubt on the assertion that Assad&#8217;s government has used chemical weapons in the on-going civil war in Syria. As a matter of fact, I find the assertion believable and credible. But, lest we forget what happened exactly ten years ago&#8230; Having just finished wading through the Mother <a href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4845' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4848,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions\/4848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}