Now that Trump is fully exposed, prepare accordingly

[Silver]

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Well, that didn’t take long. After unleashing a barrage of bombs on Syria, Trump wasted no time in rattling his saber towards the rest of the world.

Following a weekend meeting with Chinese Premier Xi, Trump clearly sent a message (through his twitter account) that the U.S. intends to next deal with North Korea.

I am aware that I add little value by discussing geo-politics. Apart from noting that North Korea is probably more full of bluster than true willingness to go to war (after all, the U.S. has Chuck), the situation is difficult to analyze.

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I want to highlight a potentially troublesome scenario. We can probably all agree that Trump is one of the most insecure Presidents ever elected. Even his friends are aware of this flaw. In a recent Politco article, Tim O’Brien, a Trump close acquaintance described him this way:

“So at the very moment he hates the establishment, he also desperately wants to be approved by it.”
So we have an insecure President, whose approval rating is floundering badly, that has just launched a missile attack on Syria, and what was the result?

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Trump has finally been accepted as “Presidential.” Here’s a great recap of the reaction to the strikes from Business Insider:

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria said Friday morning that Trump “became President of the United States” when he authorized the missile launch Thursday night.

David Ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, said on MSNBC Friday morning that, “In terms of the credibility of American power, I think most traditional Washington commentators would say he’s put more umph, more credibility back into it.”

MSNBC’s Brian Williams said he was “guided by the beauty of our weapons, and they are beautiful pictures of fearsome armaments making what is, for them, a brief flight over to this [Syrian] airfield…”

Is it any wonder that Trump followed his Syria strike up with threats to North Korea?

Now maybe all of these actions are justified. Maybe this will ultimately make the world a safer place. I don’t know, and neither do you.

But as traders, it is our duty to figure out how these developments will affect markets, not pontificate about their morality.

And the simple fact is that geopolitical tensions will most likely escalate under Trump, not the other way round.

Gold has already figured it out.

[ajax]

Being accepted as "Presidential" by the establishment means bombing foreigners.

[iWriteStuff]

Being accepted as "Presidential" by the establishment means bombing foreigners.

Yeah... Anyone else notice how all of a sudden criticism has dried up in the media? They love a good war, apparently.

[eddie]

Silver, I think the judgments against us, as a Gentile Nation, have already begun. I actually think we are seeing the judgments against the Gentile nations of Europe already happening.

I think if you are hoping some of the Trump supporters will admit they are disappointed or they were duped, you'll have a long time to wait. Most posters on this board would rather die than admit they were wrong about anything--heck they won't even admit their spelling errors or typos! And a majority of the Trump supporters from last year on the forum are no different.

How condescending! The one thing that comes to my mind is perhaps you anti-Trumpers are the one who have been deceived, you certainly aren't kind.
I would expect every Libertarian leaning/Ron Paul revolutionist, turned Trump supporter to be very upset and/or concerned about the retaliation in Syria. I would expect them to be worried about Ivanka and Jared Kushner's strong influence on Pres. Trump and worry that they are swaying him to their more liberal progressive views. You'd think those who constantly insisted that Pres. Trump would fight the globalists would be upset that he's put so many 'globalists' and wall street/goldman sachs, soros types in his administration.

But, as I said, don't expect them to share their fears, they will never do that, because they cannot admit they were taken in by the slogans and rah rah cheerleading feel good hype, just like the Obama voters of 2007 were fooled by the "Be the Change, you want to believe" hype his voters trusted.

[eddie]

Silver, I think the judgments against us, as a Gentile Nation, have already begun. I actually think we are seeing the judgments against the Gentile nations of Europe already happening.

I think if you are hoping some of the Trump supporters will admit they are disappointed or they were duped, you'll have a long time to wait. Most posters on this board would rather die than admit they were wrong about anything--heck they won't even admit their spelling errors or typos! And a majority of the Trump supporters from last year on the forum are no different.

How condescending! The one thing that comes to my mind is perhaps you anti-Trumpers are the one who have been deceived, you certainly aren't kind.
I would expect every Libertarian leaning/Ron Paul revolutionist, turned Trump supporter to be very upset and/or concerned about the retaliation in Syria. I would expect them to be worried about Ivanka and Jared Kushner's strong influence on Pres. Trump and worry that they are swaying him to their more liberal progressive views. You'd think those who constantly insisted that Pres. Trump would fight the globalists would be upset that he's put so many 'globalists' and wall street/goldman sachs, soros types in his administration.

But, as I said, don't expect them to share their fears, they will never do that, because they cannot admit they were taken in by the slogans and rah rah cheerleading feel good hype, just like the Obama voters of 2007 were fooled by the "Be the Change, you want to believe" hype his voters trusted.

There you go again, America voted, get over it!

[Silver]

Silver, I think the judgments against us, as a Gentile Nation, have already begun. I actually think we are seeing the judgments against the Gentile nations of Europe already happening.

I think if you are hoping some of the Trump supporters will admit they are disappointed or they were duped, you'll have a long time to wait. Most posters on this board would rather die than admit they were wrong about anything--heck they won't even admit their spelling errors or typos! And a majority of the Trump supporters from last year on the forum are no different.

How condescending! The one thing that comes to my mind is perhaps you anti-Trumpers are the one who have been deceived, you certainly aren't kind.
I would expect every Libertarian leaning/Ron Paul revolutionist, turned Trump supporter to be very upset and/or concerned about the retaliation in Syria. I would expect them to be worried about Ivanka and Jared Kushner's strong influence on Pres. Trump and worry that they are swaying him to their more liberal progressive views. You'd think those who constantly insisted that Pres. Trump would fight the globalists would be upset that he's put so many 'globalists' and wall street/goldman sachs, soros types in his administration.

But, as I said, don't expect them to share their fears, they will never do that, because they cannot admit they were taken in by the slogans and rah rah cheerleading feel good hype, just like the Obama voters of 2007 were fooled by the "Be the Change, you want to believe" hype his voters trusted.

There you go again, America voted, get over it!

eddie, that's a rather unhealthy, defeatist attitude. I didn't get over it when Barry Soetero won. Why should I be submissive when another elitist wins? I'm sure you'll have some typical sound byte answer for me. However, seriously, try to tackle the question with some integrity.

[Silver]

This article offers some advice on how to prepare. You'll have to read all the way to the end to find it.

https://www.sprottmoney.com/Blog/trust- ... nzler.html

Trust In The U.S. Was Bombed Away
By Rory Hall/Dave Kranzler
April 10, 2017

Trump employing a “wag the dog” strategy, in which he highlights his leadership on an international crisis to divert attention from domestic political problems, is reminiscent of President Bill Clinton’s threats to attack Serbia in early 1999 as his impeachment trial was underway over his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky. – Robert Parry, posted on Consortiumnews.com

Robert Parry has a blue chip track record as an investigative reporter. He broke many news stories about the Iran-Contra affair for AP and Newsweek (back when mainstream news sources were a lot less fake) and he broke the story revealing the CIA was trafficking cocaine with the Contras in the United States in the 1980’s (we’re confident the CIA has upped its drug dealing game now that it has control of the poppy crops in Afghanistan).

Despite apparent internal dispute over the validity of the intelligence that Assad’s regime unleased a poison gas attack on ISIS, president Trump bombed Syrian air force assets. According one of Parry’s CIA sources, the gas attack was a staged “false flag” event designed to provoke Trump into reversing his recent policy pronouncement that it would not seek regime change in Syria. It’s also been questioned as to whether or not the gas released was even Sarin.

Amusingly, the staunch neoconservative propaganda rag known as the “Washing Post” published an editorial questioning the legitimacy of Trump’s missile attack. Even some of the war-thirsty lunatics on Fox News were questioning the decision.

The U.S. has lost its economic and political edge in the global community. The evidence of this mounts. Russia and China (and other eastern bloc countries) are accumulating physical gold hand-over-fist as part of a strategy to bolster their currencies and remove the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

China and Japan, the two largest financiers of the United States’ debt-fueled consumerism and Government deficit spending, have been quietly reducing the amount of Treasuries they hold and are willing to buy.

It’s become apparent to most outside of the United States, and to some inside, that the U.S. has become one big fraud. The stock market is artificially propped up to prevent a crash that would wipe out America’s retirement funding assets and collapse the banking system; via the Fed, the U.S. has orchestrated a flow of funds system by which a few of its puppet Central Banks (Belgium, Swizterland and Ireland – the value of Ireland’s U.S. Treasury holdings now exceeds its GDP) fund Treasury debt auctions; and a propaganda-based political system has been created that would make Joseph Goebbels blind with envy.

At the root of this fraud is a fraudulent monetary system that requires the Central Bank, together with the Treasury Department, to control the price of gold for as long as possible. This is accomplished via the issuance of an unending supply of paper “fake” gold to help keep the “market” price of gold in check on the Comex and the LBMA.

At some point the demand for physically delivered gold and silver from the east will sabotage the paper manipulation operation. That's the point at which the United States will collapse. In today’s episode, the Shadow of Truth discusses the latest events driving U.S. politics and markets:

[eddie]

Silver, I think the judgments against us, as a Gentile Nation, have already begun. I actually think we are seeing the judgments against the Gentile nations of Europe already happening.

I think if you are hoping some of the Trump supporters will admit they are disappointed or they were duped, you'll have a long time to wait. Most posters on this board would rather die than admit they were wrong about anything--heck they won't even admit their spelling errors or typos! And a majority of the Trump supporters from last year on the forum are no different.

How condescending! The one thing that comes to my mind is perhaps you anti-Trumpers are the one who have been deceived, you certainly aren't kind.
I would expect every Libertarian leaning/Ron Paul revolutionist, turned Trump supporter to be very upset and/or concerned about the retaliation in Syria. I would expect them to be worried about Ivanka and Jared Kushner's strong influence on Pres. Trump and worry that they are swaying him to their more liberal progressive views. You'd think those who constantly insisted that Pres. Trump would fight the globalists would be upset that he's put so many 'globalists' and wall street/goldman sachs, soros types in his administration.

But, as I said, don't expect them to share their fears, they will never do that, because they cannot admit they were taken in by the slogans and rah rah cheerleading feel good hype, just like the Obama voters of 2007 were fooled by the "Be the Change, you want to believe" hype his voters trusted.

There you go again, America voted, get over it!

eddie, that's a rather unhealthy, defeatist attitude. I didn't get over it when Barry Soetero won. Why should I be submissive when another elitist wins? I'm sure you'll have some typical sound byte answer for me. However, seriously, try to tackle the question with some integrity.

https://youtu.be/SlQltG4lD4U

[iWriteStuff]

If Trump is a symptom of us as a people, and I think he is, then we're not as bad as I thought since Clinton, a far worse candidate, lost.

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

[Z2100]

This is all going to continue happening in/until the the 20s. Heads will turn and the false prophets will prophesy. We don't have that much time left, that's for sure...

[shadow]

If Trump is a symptom of us as a people, and I think he is, then we're not as bad as I thought since Clinton, a far worse candidate, lost.

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

How was I congratulating myself? But thanks for the permission anyway, it saves time from having my mom sign a permission slip.
That was one of your lamer comments.

[DesertWonderer]

Being accepted as "Presidential" by the establishment means bombing foreigners.

Yeah... Anyone else notice how all of a sudden criticism has dried up in the media? They love a good war, apparently.

orrrrrrrrr it could've been the right thing to do.

[iWriteStuff]

If Trump is a symptom of us as a people, and I think he is, then we're not as bad as I thought since Clinton, a far worse candidate, lost.

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

How was I congratulating myself? But thanks for the permission anyway, it saves time from having my mom sign a permission slip.
That was one of your lamer comments.

I strive to achieve! :ymcowboy:

My point is the "Yay! We won, she lost!" enthusiasm may start to dry up once people begin to discover they've elected someone just as bad if not worse. At present, it's hard to see much difference when you had both of them calling for war on the same day and on the same people.

Was it more war you wanted?
Was it the incredibly lame version of repeal/replace that mercifully died in congress?
Was it the globalist banker appointments you wanted?
Were you hoping for the larger deficits and national debt he is promising?
Were you looking forward to deregulating banks so they could go back to betting against their own customers with credit default swaps and derivatives?
Was it the villainization of poor immigrants working for slave labor that you applaud?

I guess what I'm getting to is I fail to see the upside here other than "He's not Hillary". So far that's his only accomplishment. If that's what you want to cheer on, then even your mom would probably grant the permission slip. Now he has to do better than her. If not, of what is there to brag?

[Ezra]

Being accepted as "Presidential" by the establishment means bombing foreigners.

Yeah... Anyone else notice how all of a sudden criticism has dried up in the media? They love a good war, apparently.

orrrrrrrrr it could've been the right thing to do.

Let's check and see..

D&c 98

33 And again, this is the law that I gave unto mine ancients, that they should not go out unto battle against any nation, kindred, tongue, or people, save I, the Lord, commanded them.

34 And if any nation, tongue, or people should proclaim war against them, they should first lift a standard of peace unto that people, nation, or tongue;

35 And if that people did not accept the offering of peace, neither the second nor the third time, they should bring these testimonies before the Lord;

36 Then I, the Lord, would give unto them a commandment, and justify them in going out to battle against that nation, tongue, or people.



I don't recall our prophets, gods chosen mouthpiece commanding us to war.. did I miss it? I don't recall any a standard of peace being lifted even once let alone a few time. Did I miss it??


Then god does not justify this war. And we as a nation will be punished for our transgressions.

[eddie]

If Trump is a symptom of us as a people, and I think he is, then we're not as bad as I thought since Clinton, a far worse candidate, lost.

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

Wow, stick with the humor iWrite..

[iWriteStuff]

If Trump is a symptom of us as a people, and I think he is, then we're not as bad as I thought since Clinton, a far worse candidate, lost.

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

Wow, stick with the humor iWrite..

It's a barbed wit, Eddie.

[Silver]

If Trump is a symptom of us as a people, and I think he is, then we're not as bad as I thought since Clinton, a far worse candidate, lost.

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

Wow, stick with the humor iWrite..

It's hard to laugh all the time, eddie, when secret combinations have taken over the country.

[eddie]

If Trump is a symptom of us as a people, and I think he is, then we're not as bad as I thought since Clinton, a far worse candidate, lost.

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

Wow, stick with the humor iWrite..

It's hard to laugh all the time, eddie, when secret combinations have taken over the country.

I mainly laugh at your posts!

[Ezra]

Feel free to go on congratulating yourself for that as long as you want.

Wow, stick with the humor iWrite..

It's hard to laugh all the time, eddie, when secret combinations have taken over the country.

I mainly laugh at your posts!

So you mainly laugh at silvers posts because of pride. Cool that you admit it. Although I really don't think you meant to. That's just my observation. :ymhug:

[eddie]

Wow, stick with the humor iWrite..

It's hard to laugh all the time, eddie, when secret combinations have taken over the country.

I mainly laugh at your posts!

So you mainly laugh at silvers posts because of pride. Cool that you admit it. Although I really don't think you meant to. That's just my observation. :ymhug:

Let's discuss pride Ezra...

[Ezra]

It's hard to laugh all the time, eddie, when secret combinations have taken over the country.

I mainly laugh at your posts!

So you mainly laugh at silvers posts because of pride. Cool that you admit it. Although I really don't think you meant to. That's just my observation. :ymhug:

Let's discuss pride Ezra...

Sure.

From your understanding where does pride come from?
How are the judgements we have of ourselfs tied directly to pride?
What are some steps to realizing our own pride and how do we overcome them?
What are some good books other then scripture that discuss the dangers of pride and how to overcome it?
When dealing with other people what are some signs that we are being prideful in our relationship with them?

[eddie]

I mainly laugh at your posts!

So you mainly laugh at silvers posts because of pride. Cool that you admit it. Although I really don't think you meant to. That's just my observation. :ymhug:

Let's discuss pride Ezra...

Sure.

From your understanding where does pride come from?
How are the judgements we have of ourselfs tied directly to pride?
What are some steps to realizing our own pride and how do we overcome them?
What are some good books other then scripture that discuss the dangers of pride and how to overcome it?
When dealing with other people what are some signs that we are being prideful in our relationship with them?

There are plenty of warnings about pride in the scriptures: “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised
is wisdom.

[Ezra]

So you mainly laugh at silvers posts because of pride. Cool that you admit it. Although I really don't think you meant to. That's just my observation. :ymhug:

Let's discuss pride Ezra...

Sure.

From your understanding where does pride come from?
How are the judgements we have of ourselfs tied directly to pride?
What are some steps to realizing our own pride and how do we overcome them?
What are some good books other then scripture that discuss the dangers of pride and how to overcome it?
When dealing with other people what are some signs that we are being prideful in our relationship with them?

There are plenty of warnings about pride in the scriptures: “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised
is wisdom.

Silver hope your paying attention. That was an apology. (Only by pride cometh contention.) Like saying he only laughs at your posts.

Thank you Eddie for showing that you can see your faults. I admire a person that will publicly humble themselfs.

:ymapplause:

[BeNotDeceived]

I mainly laugh at your posts!

So you mainly laugh at silvers posts because of pride. Cool that you admit it. Although I really don't think you meant to. That's just my observation. :ymhug:

Let's discuss pride Ezra...

Sure.

From your understanding where does pride come from?
How are the judgements we have of ourselfs tied directly to pride?
What are some steps to realizing our own pride and how do we overcome them?
What are some good books other then scripture that discuss the dangers of pride and how to overcome it?
When dealing with other people what are some signs that we are being prideful in our relationship with them?

Here is some precious stuff from my notes that has become inaccessible

Article of Faith #13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. - http://scriptures.lds.org/a_of_f/1

Seek to be worthy of praise.
On the one hand, we're supposed to "seek after" things that are "of good report or praiseworthy" (Philippians 4:8).

On the other hand, if we "aspire to the honors of men," we're doing something wrong (D&C 121:35).

How can we seek to be praiseworthy -- without seeking praise? That sounds like a bit of a tightrope walk to me!

There is a subtle distinction that we should not miss: Paul does not tell us to seek praise, but rather to seek after things that are praiseworthy and of good report.

In other words, we emulate, not what is praised, but what should be praised; not just things that are reported, but things that are of good report. And there is no implication that we kshould seek to have others give good reports about us.

Oh, wait. There's Matthew 5:15-16: "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

So we are supposed to let "men" see our good works, while at the same time we do not "aspire to the honors of men."

In the words of StrongBad: My head a splode!

Yet perhaps the distinction is quite simple after all. When men see our good works, it is so they will glorify God. When we aspire to the honors of men, it is so they will glorify us.

That's familiar ground, isn't it? Council in heaven, Christ's attitude versus Satan's.

But we can't control what other people think. Even if we say, "Don't praise me, praise God," that can actually come across smarmily, as if we were saying, "Whatever I do, that was really God doing it," which claims a certain chumminess with the Lord.

It's something any hypocrite can say, and most do.

I've seen writers make claims of divine guidance about the worst writing, devoid of ideas or truth or talent or skill.

When I worked as an assistant editor at the Ensign back in the 1970s, it seemed that the only submissions that the authors claimed were inspired by God were those that were hopelessly unpublishable.

And besides, right alongside "Let your light so shine before men" we have: "Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward" (Matthew 6:2).

Let's make our fine distinction even finer. The King James version was translated in an era when the distinction between "thou" and "ye" was still clear. "Thou/thee/thy" was singular, and "ye/you/your" plural.

So the Savior was telling us as a group to let our light shine before men, while as individuals we are supposed to conceal our good works: "When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth" (Matthew 6:3).

There are some careers in which fame and success cannot be separated. If you're an actor, for instance, or a musician, or a writer, it is hard to do your work secretly -- what's the point, if there's no audience? And if you do your work well, and many people seek to enjoy it, and tell their friends, then you will be, to one degree or another, famous.

It is very easy, in such careers, to start measuring your success by the amount of fame or honors you receive.

Fame is like nicotine: Even a single dose can set up a dependency. Many begin to shape their work and their lives in order to get more and bigger hits of fame.

Speaking as one who has had a little bit of splash in a very small pond, I have seen how the hunger for awards and recognition and fame -- "the honors of men" -- sours the lives of those who can never get enough of it.

And you can never get enough of it.

Why? Because the thrill of fame lasts about 15 seconds, and then it's gone.

Or else you start to believe the praise and think you deserve it -- not your work, you -- which leads to a sense of entitlement that makes you miserable to live with.

Our job -- whether we're in a fame-inducing career or not -- is to do the best work we can, in both senses of "best": best in quality of workmanship, and best in moral value to those who receive it.

Those who do good work will usually have the respect of those who know what good work is. If you aspire to do good things and do them well, then respect will come from those whose respect is worth having. If there are large numbers of people who value your work, good for them -- but you are no better than any other person who does good, and does it well.

Fame -- being known to ever larger numbers of people, winning prizes, getting magazine and television coverage -- is not worth crossing the street for.

Because fame is the admiration or adulation that comes to you; what makes you happy is the love you give to other people.

Fame comes and goes with the whims and tastes of the public. The love you give stays given.

Orson Scott Card is a writer of nonfiction and fiction, from LDS works to popular fiction. “In the Village” appears Thursdays in the Deseret News - http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voice ... /?id=10305

[Silver]

Several photos in the article which did not copy/paste. You need to go to the link to see them for the article to have greatest impact.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-1 ... n-chemic-0

Top Missile and Chemical Weapons Expert Debunks Trump’s Claims About Syrian Chemical Weapons

by George Washington
Apr 13, 2017 4:02 PM

The Trump administration claims that it has proof that the Syrian government dropped chemical weapons from an airplane on April 4th.

But a top missile and chemical weapons expert told Washington’s Blog today that the weapon was not delivered by an airplane at all …

Specifically, we called Dr. Theodore Postol, professor of science, technology, and national security policy at MIT. Postol’s main expertise is in ballistic missiles. He has a substantial background in air dispersal, including how toxic plumes move in the air. Postol has taught courses on weapons of mass destruction – including chemical and biological threats – at MIT.

Before joining MIT, Postol worked as an analyst at the Office of Technology Assessment, as a science and policy adviser to the chief of naval operations, and as a researcher at Argonne National Laboratory.

He also helped build a program at Stanford University to train mid-career scientists to study weapons technology in relation to defense and arms control policy.

Postol is a highly-decorated scientist, receiving the Leo Szilard Prize from the American Physical Society, the Hilliard Roderick Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Richard L. Garwin Award from the Federation of American Scientists.

Postol previously debunked the U.S. government’s claims about a 2013 chemical weapons attack in Syria, causing the New York Times to back away from one of the main arguments for Syrian government culpability.

Postol told Washington’s Blog that a chemical weapon dropped from a plane would have included an explosive on the inside of the tube containing the chemical agent.

But the photograph the U.S. government released to show the weapon which released the chemicals on April 4th shows that the explosive was placed outside of the tube containing the chemical weapon.

Postol illustrates this fact in a report he released today:

Postol 1Postol 2 Postol 3Postol also notes that the weapon is simply a section of a 122 mm artillery rocket, rather than any type of weapon that would be released from a plane:

Postol 4Postol also told us that – contrary to popular myth – chemical weapons are more effective when there’s no wind, as people are exposed to the chemical for a longer period than if it’s calm (wind lifts some of the chemical upward, so it’s not as concentrated at ground level. On the other hand, a chemical released at ground level on a calm day moves about the same speed as a person walking … 1 to 2 meters per second).

Postol looked up the weather for the area where the chemical incident occurred. It was quite windy the day before and the day after the incident, but was calm when the chemical release occurred. So reports by the Russian government that it was windy that day are inaccurate.

Postol believes this provides circumstantial evidence that the chemical was released from the ground, and that the perpetrator intentionally waited for a calm day to set it off.

But Postol also told us that he has evidence that the site has been tampered with. Specifically, he’s reviewed photographs of the site over time, which show that it has been modified. [Update: he just sent us his Addendum on evidence tampering.] So there’s really no evidence linking the Syrian government with the chemical incident.

Postol told us that the errors, inconsistencies and lack of facts in both the 2013 and 2017 U.S. reports on Syrian chemical weapons incidents show that the reports were not vetted by any experienced intelligence officials. In other words, these were political rather than fact-based reports.

Postol notes concerning the U.S. government’s report:

[It] does not provide any evidence whatsoever that the US government has concrete knowledge that the government of Syria was the source of the chemical attack.

***

[Like the report on the 2013 Syrian chemical attack, the government’s new report is] obviously false, misleading and amateurish.

***

What the country is now being told by the White House cannot be true.
Many other experts have also expressed doubts about the Trump administration’s claims regarding the chemical incident.