Wow, are you serious? Use some basic common sense, Urs.

Upon hearing or feeling one, someone will have got out of bed and looked outside. Jet planes are also not riding on waves of silent magic.

Not to mention, the people have seen more warfare in the last 5 years than anyone has a right to, they probably know better than anyone ever should what bombs being dropped looks, sounds and feels like.

EDIT -

Witness descriptions http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/05/mi...-syria-attack/

Also: http://www.thenational.ae/world/midd...th-toll-climbs

So yeah, your post is pretty ridiculous.

The US economy added just 98,000 jobs in March as a cold snap, a government hiring freeze and a faltering retail sector appear to have put the chill on Donald Trump’s promise to boost hiring.

Source

Must be fake news

You are of course free to ignore stuff that doesn't support your prejudice, doesn't make your position any more valid or less hypocrit. From your own link
"A UN investigation in August found that chemical weapons had been used in Syria, both by the national air force and ISIS militants."

Nor does it make it the US strikes any less illegal.

Ever thought of appearing on Question Time? Only if you'd be benevolent enough to share your great gift of insight of course.

Trump's just turned out like the rest of them.

Ex-UK ambassador to Syria: 'No proof' of chemical attack

Someone needs to fight the wars. We can't all sit on the sidelines pretending to be neutral, eh Urs?

Didn't you study history at school?

It's quite rich of you to use "we" when you're profiting quite nicely from what you criticize. Consider leaving the glasshouse before you start throwing stones.

For how many months have you personally served in a war-like situation by the way?

Do you really think Switzerland would be like it is today if every country remained neutral in the face of every aggressor. Seriously?

Do they teach you that at school or is that your own opinion?


How is that relevant?

I haven't been to the moon but I still know it's not made of cheese.



And, I'm not criticising Switzerland - I'm criticising your opinion. How many times do I need to tell you that you are not the Swiss spoke-person on this forum (self-appointed or otherwise).

Please try not to speak for Switzerland - the people really are not all like you.

Let's go back 8mths...

August 2016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mi...-idUSKCN10D0OZ

Sep 2013 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sy...98007F20130901

April 2013 It only takes a helicopter. Both Russia and Assad have form in this department, but nobody knows for sure if the rebels don't also have possession of it.

I take the word of MSF who are on the ground treating the victims over any ex-this that or the other.

it is possible the rebels have captured stocks of sarin (even though Assad claims he destroyed all stocks years ago) but the rebels do not have the aircraft to deliver it?
And let us not forget sarin has a maximum 5 year shelf life; usually the Middle East versions are impure and consequently have shelf lives measured in weeks or months.!

Sarin can be delivered in artillery shells but due to instability and short shelf life usually the shell has two compartments with different chemicals that are mixed in flight to create the sarin. This approach sounds too complex for the rebels; plus nobody has demonstrated they have the sort of high quality Hazmat suits needed to handle this chemical!

Somebody asked if Trump's action was legal.

If you look at the photo of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago “situation room” and the team who decided to strike then you see there was no one from Justice Dept. or the Department of Defence. So possibly they did not know if it was legal or not!

Usually they need Congressional approval for such an action. The president can always claim action was urgently needed but hard to see how he could justify that for this case; it is not as if the airfield attacked was at any risk of running away.

Anyway looks like the Justice Dept. and the Department of Defence can claim deniability about the decision.

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Please let this be true! Please!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7672171.html

Where exactly do I say so?

In case you haven't noticed the major aggressor in this case is the USA. Do you really want to say their destabilizing the Middle East is a good thing?

US law is only one aspect as it's an international matter. International law defines interventions in another country legal under two conditions only:
- upon request of the recognized government, which makes Russia's and Iran's help legal
- based on a UN resolution. Those that exist don't call for warfare-like level of action.

Thus US warfare in Syriah is illegal under international law.

US warfare in Syriah is illegal under international law.

Like the Russian warfare in Ukraine
Of course two wrongs do not make a right; I was just demonstrating that some countries seem to ignore International law when it is convenient for them; "the law that defines interventions in another country legal under two conditions only".

Surprised that nobody here so far has tried to blame the recent St. Petersburg atrocity on the US destabilising the Middle East.

Russia has over the last 3 or 4 years been pushing the borders of what is acceptable international diplomatic behaviour; I do not have a problem with the US reacting but I only hope it does not lead to a major conflict.

Have you seen the newspaper reports that Farage and many others in the alt right have reacted negatively to this US strike? Of course they are entitled to their opinions but these are opposite to my expectations from them; I was actually glad to see that .

There are a number of reports of internal strife and chaos within the White House team; how true these are I have no idea!
It is clear that Trump thrives on such misdirection.

Myself I would be happy to see Bannon and Miller gone; Priebus seems to be relatively harmless.

Trump had a strategy to insert supporters at senior levels (beachheads and such) within the various Govt. departments (bit like the Soviet Union commissars who kept groups on topic) but it seems many are now leaving .
Of course, to be effective they needed regular support from Trump but I guess he has a lot of other important stuff on his plate to do now?

Can we parachute you in to lead the charge?

I'm pretty sure wars are fought like that any more. Do try and keep up.

Oh really? I'll let these guys know:

Casualties of the Iraq War
British fatalities during Operation Telic
United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan
British Forces casualties in Afghanistan since 2001

Off topic again.

You cannot keep a focus on Trump can you