Arkady wrote:If Assad and co have made that many chemical weapon strikes you'd a thunk the rebels would get their shit together and buy some gas masks.
GooberTheHat wrote:But even then, gas masks need filters. The filters don't last long once opened so they might run out of spares fairly quickly
Arkady wrote:One strike did not deliver enough sarin that the rebels would be incapable of decamping before thier filters expired.
SpaceGazelle wrote:Bomb, gas, shoot, starve. Which is the bad one again?
Arkady wrote:I just realised I've no idea how long gas mask filters last for so since you think they would be exhausted in their current capacity maybe you could supply an estimate of thier lifespan?GooberTheHat wrote:That's not the point I'm making. They don't have an infinite number of filters, nor do they likely have enough masks for everyone. If they use a filter whenever there is a suspected gas attack they will soon consume their stock of filters. It's not confined to one attack.One strike did not deliver enough sarin that the rebels would be incapable of decamping before thier filters expired.
legaldinho wrote:We need a separate OPCW thread, does no one value our gchq boffin's time at all?
On a serious note, we are not gonna debate the fine points of gas mask filter duration are we? Let's just accept there are reasons to doubt that Assad did it, but we may be falling victim to russian disinformation when we do? I'm sure goobs will accept that the rebels are dirtbags he doesn't want in charge of Syria. Thread closed.
legaldinho wrote:We need a separate OPCW thread, does no one value our gchq boffin's time at all?
On a serious note, we are not gonna debate the fine points of gas mask filter duration are we? Let's just accept there are reasons to doubt that Assad did it, but we may be falling victim to russian disinformation when we do? I'm sure goobs will accept that the rebels are dirtbags he doesn't want in charge of Syria. Thread closed.
GooberTheHat wrote:Reports of heavy gunfire near the Royal Palace in ryhiad, Saudi Arabia. A possible coup in progress.
Facewon wrote:Epic anecdata in coming: going by vague headlines that I notice in various twitter feeds, this thread and other SM, I've at least heard of douma. Pod was first I'd heard of afrin. Likewise turkey being all up in there.
In fairness there's no low IQ black folk there so maybe I was distracted.
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