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I have previously asked whether the Saudis could have done this without approval or knowledge of the Americans, which is extremely tenable given what we know about the links between Riyadh and other forces in the region besides the US. The Wikileaks cache from Podesta showed this clearly. Message: 3 Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 17:30:02 -0400 From: Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> To: marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: Re: [Marxism] Question Message-ID: <ac09d5b2-d38d-08f9-9b72-6d81e25b5...@panix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed On 4/15/17 5:08 PM, Chris Slee via Marxism wrote: > > > Theodor Postol argues that the rebels are responsible for the release > of sarin at Khan Sheikhoun. His key argument is that the damaged > missile found at the site could not have been bent in the particular > way it was if it was dropped from the air. Instead he says it was > damaged by an explosion on the ground. > I am plowing through Postol's shit for an article tomorrow--for the time being focused on his 2013 defense of Assad. I just took a quick look at his statement on Khan Sheikhoun and don't quite see anything about a missile being bent. This is what I did see: The explosive acted on the pipe as a blunt crushing mallet. It drove the pipe into the ground while at the same time creating the crater. Since the pipe was filled with sarin, which is an incompressible fluid, as the pipe was flattened the sarin acted on the walls and ends of the pipe causing a crack along the length of the pipe and also the failure of the cap on the back end. This mechanism of dispersal is essentially the same as hitting a toothpaste tube with a large mallet, which then results in the tube failing and the toothpaste being blown in many directions depending on the exact way the toothpaste skin ruptures. If this is in fact the mechanism used to disperse the sarin, this indicates that the sarin tube was placed on the ground by individuals on the ground and not dropped from an airplane. --- Think about the implications of "the sarin tube was placed on the ground by individuals on the ground". Is Postol in his right mind? How would this not get noticed? Also, what is he trying to say? This is a "false flag" narrative that does not even conform to the Russian alibi. The main point I will be making is that Postol never once deals with the technical and infrastructural questions of making and weaponizing sarin gas. For an MIT professor to evade such questions, especially when he is peddling a "false flag" story, is unbelievable. But then again, since he has relied on Maram Susli for advice on chemistry, anything goes. -- Best regards, Andrew Stewart _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
