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Israel thinks it has all the rights when it comes to weaker than him. Then, if some desperate guy is blowing himself in some public place, it says: "see? we were right to attack, they want our destruction". The weird part is that everyone buys it, just because uncle Sam is behind.

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Israel thinks it has all the rights when it comes to weaker than him. Then, if some desperate guy is blowing himself in some public place, it says: "see? we were right to attack, they want our destruction". The weird part is that everyone buys it, just because uncle Sam is behind.

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Nah, Israel just thinks it has a right to preserve itself. The radical Muslims around Israel want to blow Israel off the map and who won't be happy until every Jewish person on the planet is dead. Of course there are some non-Mulims in other nations that hate Israel too.  When Israel's radical neighbors all gatherered together to destroy Israel Israel kicked their collective butts (the Six Day War) and has triumphed over their aggression ever since, to the rage of certain anti-Jewish factions.

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Its obvious that israel does not give a damn about what people in the world think about it and it agressively pursues its own interests, which causes people to "hate it". While israels disregard of human life is obvious, i dont judge them as being the ones that stand out from the rest. I have reason to believe that any nation, in the shoes of israel, would act the way they act but they can do all this stuff because they can. They dont have to fear retaliation or something either.

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For the sake of humanity... there is not oil there... but... take down the government and the rebels who made a human slaughterhouses out of Syria. Make it a protectorate, a colony, just not what it is now.

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I like it that half of the thread named Syria is about Israel...

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After all, Russia has pseudo-Czar Putin who rules exactly the same way minus the weapon attacks and China is still a Communist Dictatorship responsible for much of the human rights violations inside the country.

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its poor turn of events that this was the reason to improve terms with turkey, who became unfriendly during the last couple of years to to a more friend then always, and the last strikes where in co-op.

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Washington (CNN) -- [Breaking news update, 5:25 p.m. ET]

The White House acknowledged Thursday the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale a number of times, according to a statement.

The administration also indicated it will increase the "scope and scale of assistance" to rebels in Syria following its acknowledgment that the Bashar al-Assad government has used chemical weapons in the civil war, according to the statement.

[Original story published at 5:12 p.m. ET]

Sources: U.S. to acknowledge Syria crossed 'red line' with use of chemical weapons

Congress has been notified that the United States will acknowledge that Syria used chemical weapons on a small scale multiple times and that a "red line" has been crossed, congressional sources told CNN on Thursday.

The intelligence community has concluded that sarin gas was used in the Syrian civil war, and that between 100 and 150 people died as a result, a senior intelligence official said.

Earlier this year, the United States said its intelligence analysts had concluded "with varying degrees of confidence" that chemical weapons had been used in the Syrian civil war. But President Barack Obama said "intelligence assessments alone are not sufficient."

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We appreciate the President's finding that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on several occasions. We also agree with the President that this fact must affect U.S. policy toward Syria. The President's red line has been crossed. U.S. credibility is on the line. Now is not the time to merely take the next incremental step. Now is the time for more decisive actions.

"The conflict in Syria has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. The United Nations reported today that the death toll in Syria is approaching 93,000. Hezbollah is all in. Iran is all in. Iraqi militant groups are flowing into Syria to fight for Assad. Russia continues to provide military and diplomatic support. Assad is dramatically increasing his use of airpower against civilians and opposition forces in Syria. A report today stated that Assad's forces conducted at least 5,000 air-to-ground attacks last month alone.

"A decision to provide lethal assistance, especially ammunition and heavy weapons, to opposition forces in Syria is long overdue, and we hope the President will take this urgently needed step. But providing arms alone is not sufficient. That alone is not enough to change the military balance of power on the ground against Assad. The President must rally an international coalition to take military actions to degrade Assad's ability to use airpower and ballistic missiles and to move and resupply his forces around the battlefield by air. This can be done, as we have said many times, using stand-off weapons such as cruise missiles.

"We cannot afford to delay any longer. Assad is on the offensive with every weapon in his arsenal and with the complete support of his foreign allies. We must take more decisive actions now to turn the tide of the conflict in Syria."

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