Last night we witnessed the US attacking a country for exactly what reasons?
Mattis was questioned by congress and here are some exerts:
Tulsi Gabbard - "... if the decision is made to launch a military attack against Syria, Russia has already responded saying that they would respond to our U.S. strike. As this action is considered, can you justify to the American people how going to war with Russia over Syria serves the interest of the American people?"
Mattis - "Uh, no congresswoman, I can't, uh, answer that question, uh, um I'm not ready to speculate that, that would happen."
So, he can't see how it would benefit the American people.
Mattis - "... I believe there was a chemical attack, and were looking for the actual evidence,uh, the uh, OPCW is the organization for the uh chemical weapons convention we're trying to get those inspectors in, probably, uh, within the week, you know the challenges we face from Russia has six times in the UN, uh, rejected, and uh, made certain that we could not get, uh, in... investigators in..."
Ok so no other reason other than their BELIEF that it happened?
Mattis - "... we will not know from this investigating team that goes in, if we get them in, if the regime will let them in, they will not know who did it, they can only say that they found evidence or did not, and as each day that goes by, as you know, it's a non-persistent gas, so it becomes more and more difficult to confirm it, so that, that's where we are at right now sir."
Well I guess this sums it up, we have no evidence. We do not even know if it actually happened, (CGI?) we just attacked a country, without congressional approval, based on a hunch? Sounds familiar doesn't it?
Dick Cheney August 26, 2002 - "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Donald Rumsfeld March 30, 2003 - "We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad."
GW Bush - Another slide showed him peering into another part of the office, "Nope, no weapons over there," he said, laughing. "Maybe under here," he said, as a third slide was shown. Link to article
Are we all this stupid?
