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An ending too gruesome to imagine perhaps looms. Humanity may not survive. America's imperium matters most. Those in charge go for broke, and let the devil take the hindmost.
That's how imperial rogues think. Media scoundrels share responsibility. Thoughts of blood on their hands never enter their minds. Only wealth, power, privilege, dominance, and winner take all matter.
Body counts are a small price to pay. It's hard imagining how these people were raised. Perhaps they forgot moral lessons taught. Maybe they remember but don't care. It shows in what they support and tolerate.
Wednesday reports hyped Abbas firing scud missiles inside Syria. Western headlines feature it. Unnamed US officials are sources. Ones preferring anonymity lack credibility. So do journalists using them.
At issue isn't whether scuds, other missiles or rockets are used. It's implying use of or plans to use chemical weapons.
Reports follow scurrilous ones about Assad loading sarin nerve agents or other deadly chemicals in bombs. They also suggest intensified Assad belligerence. Implied is that more civilians in his line of fire are dying.
At her daily press briefing, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said:
"As the regime becomes more and more desperate, we see it resorting to increased lethality and more vicious weapons moving forward, and we have in recent days seen missiles deployed."
She added that Washington is concerned about a weapon called a "barrel (incendiary) bomb." She said it contains inflammable materials. Human Rights Watch claimed he used them. More on that below.
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