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Former head of British Armed Forces says Assad had no motivation to carry out chemical weapons attack, promptly gets cut off by Sky News host.
Just a coincidence!
Just a coincidence!
UK
broadcaster Sky News cut short Major-General Jonathan Shaw, formerly
one of the British Army’s most senior officers, in mid-sentence, as
he cast doubt on London’s narrative on the alleged Syrian
government gas attack in Douma.
News
presenter Samantha Washington asked Shaw a narrowly-worded question,
asking if Russian denials about the government’s responsibility
would mean it’s necessary for any UK intervention in Syria to be
approved by parliament.
But
Shaw, who retired in 2012 to become a security expert, wanted to take
the discussion back a step.
“Quite
apart from all that, the debate that seems to be missing from this
is… What possible motive could have triggered Syria to launch this
chemical attack at this time in this place?” he asked.
"The
Syrians are winning, don’t take my word for it, take the American
military’s word for it,” Shaw said.
He
then mentioned the words of Joseph Votel, the Commander of United
States Central Command, who conceded last month that Bashar Assad
“has won the war,” and US President Donald Trump, who recently
announced the US' intentions to pull its troops out of the conflict.
As
Shaw continued his thought, saying: “… And then suddenly you get
this,” he was interrupted by Washington, who interjected with “I
am very sorry, you have been very patient for us, but we do need to
leave it there,” before going to adverts.
Sky
has not clarified whether it cut the interview, which only lasted for
two minutes, due to editorial or time considerations. The Mirror
reported sources within the Murdoch-owned company claiming that
a"hard" ad break was scheduled.
Shaw,
59, whose 30-year career spanned from the Falklands to Kosovo to
commanding the UK forces in Iraq in 2006, can by no means be
described as a Kremlin stooge, and, even in a previous response
within the same exchange, he accused Moscow of “muddying the
waters.”
His
dissention from the official UK line, which declares that Assad was
“highly likely” to be responsible for the April 7 attack, was
uploaded to social media and shared thousands of times in outrage.
I wonder if Former Commander for British Forces in Iraq Gen Jonathan Shaw went somewhat off script here asking what motive would Syria have and reminding us that Trump said only last week he was finished with Isil and were going to pull out soon very soon. pic.twitter.com/qcB7o7Btqo
Very clear that @SkyNews expected General Shaw to trot out the usual hawkish rhetoric of former armed forces commanders
Gen Shaw not unreasonably thought he was invited to share opinions & did so
Didn't fit Tory / Sky News world view, so plug pulled
Sorted - except for Twitter!!
Right?? Is it because they would have hard time dismissing him as an "Hysterical Corbynite who has no idea what he is talking about"? Probably. Between him, the former Ambassador and Merkel refusing to intervene, it's becoming more difficult by the day to justify intervention!
Absolutely utterly astounding. Spread this mightily
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