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In reply to the discussion: U.N. Report: Chemical Weapons Use In Syria Confirmed, Details Point To Assad [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)"I dismissed nothing, you presumed I was dismissing the UN report. The protocol is important regardless of statements made by the UK, US, France on culpability..the UN report does not do that, the UNSC does it."
Can you point to UNSC members, other than Russia, that don't believe Assad is responsible? In response to my point, are you stressing the "process" and "protocol" because you believe that a veto of the resolution means Assad isn't implicated?
One has nothing to do with the other. The UN resolution is to determine the course of action for holding Assad accountable. It's not a secret that members of the Council believe he is responsible. That doesn't mean that they will agree on the terms of the resolution.
As it stands, China and Iran are now on board with the US-Russia agreement.