http://world.time.com/2013/08/22/the-known-knowns-and-known-unknowns-of-a-chemical-attack-in-syria/
While reading this article all I could think about was how Mother Agnes would agree with some of the statements made. By the end of the article I felt as if I had enough information to fill in a whole KWL chart, but with what is known to be true, what we think is true, and what is actually true. The article starts by saying the attacks may not have been targeted towards anyone that the chemicals can effect people different ways depending on different factors such as health and age. This reminded me of Mother Agnes' few of the kids not really being dead. Which goes along with the sub topic in the article of number of deaths, it mentioned how they have from 100- 1400 people on a death list but are not doing cross checking with names so it is unclear if that number is right or not. When I read that small section I was shocked, how do you not know the exact number of people killed, I feel like that should be something closely looked at.
This article was a good overview of the attack. It helped a good deal in filling in some gaps, such as the more physical aspects of the attacks like the reported missile launches or the symptoms. With the symptoms, as an EMT, I know there is no way they could occur naturally in such mass. Many of them were neurological in nature such as tremors and bowel movements, like a seizure, but much, much worse. Also, I'm interested in France's response of needed action without ground movements. Maybe they could mean something like air strikes only.
ReplyDeleteThis was a good article to give us an idea of what happened. I was not sure of the symptoms associated with the chemical attacks. weather it was 100 or 1,400 symptoms like the ones mentioned in the article had to have come from something unnatural, man made if you will. If there was no ground troops then it had to be some kind if chemical attack there is no other possible explanation to so many deaths. The Syrian governments trying to cover up what happened or try and down play what really happened we may not ever know who gave the orders to use chemical weapons but there is enough proof that they where used without question in my opinion. It is interesting to read the France's position is to use "force" what kind is unknown but to use force on people that have used force on others at this time could lead to all out war which is something that can not ever happen.
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