Ban Ki-moon said he believes the report will show "overwhelming, overwhelming" evidence that chemical weapons were used and Ban says Assad "has committed many crimes against humanity," although the report does not finger a perpetrator.
http://t.co/RsRwIMfCu5 #news September 13 , 2013Updated at 8.32pm BST 7.48pm BST Summary Here's a summary of where things stand: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said he believes investigators have "overwhelming, overwhelming" evidence that chemical weapons were used in Syria.
The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, says there's overwhelming evidence chemical weapons were used.
The United States, by contrast, can retaliate with overwhelming force, including weapons of mass destruction.
Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men.
Still, overwhelming is overwhelming.
An ABC/Washington Post poll asked, "Based on what you've heard or read, do you think Iran is or is not trying to develop nuclear weapons?" An overwhelming 84percentt of respondents answered that they thought Iran was developing nuclear weapons, which begs the question: Why is it that such views are so widely held?
If the United States, with overwhelming superiority in conventional weapons, refuses to rule out nuclear first use, where is our moral authority to demand it of India and Pakistan?
On Friday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said a UN report due out next week on the incident would be "an overwhelming report that chemical weapons were used".
Meanwhile, we are on the verge of unilaterally eliminating overwhelming superiority in conventional weapons, this the direct result of current defense budgets and those in the planning stage in the years to come.
By July 2017, all students at the University of Kansas will be allowed to carry concealed weapons despite overwhelming disapproval by the state's administrators, professors and students.
