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Assad tells Obama to stop arming rebels or no deal

The rockets used in the attack are not known to be in rebel hands. It was Assad.

It is also "not known" by you, how many twenty dollar bills I have in my wallet! Does that mean I don't have any?

Not known to be in rebel hands, does not mean they don't have any.
 
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That's a climate change working group report.

The standard terms used to define levels of confidence in this report are as given in the IPCC Uncertainty Guidance Note, namely:

That has nothing to do with the report in question.

Further, it contradicts his numbers.

Very high confidence At least 9 out of 10 chance

If that's where he got his numbers, he's being dishonest about them. The report in question specifies that the confidence is just below "confirmation", thus it is the highest degree of confidence, not 8/10 (the second highest, in the IPCC report).


Anyone could pull a random report and apply different standards. That's ridiculous.
 
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Fine.

Please show us their standard.

You made the claim of 8/10, you show us where you got that. According to the IPCC working group report (which has nothing to do with this), the highest level of confidence below "confirmed" is 9/10, not 8/10.
 
The US report says High Confidence. Not Very high Confidence.

The US report says "the highest confidence below confirmed". In the climate change working group, that's 9/10. I can't believe you would try to associate the exact words used from two completely different reports from entirely different sources. That's asinine.
 
The US report says "the highest confidence below confirmed". In the climate change working group, that's 9/10. I can't believe you would try to associate the exact words used from two completely different reports from entirely different sources.

That's what the writer of the report say. Do you always believe the government?
 
The exact percentage doesn't matter. Go back and read my post #273 again. You aren't doing yourself any favors by trying to pin me down to the 80%/20% when may larger point is that the US report DOES NOT CLAIM CERTAINTY!.

Now please tell us how you "know" the rebels didn't have those weapons. can you also tell me how many $1's, $5's, $10's, $20's and $100's I have in my wallet?
 
You pulled that 20% from nowhere. Just admit it.
Fine.

If it will make you stop crying.

You tell me then, what percentage is "high confidence."
 
That's a climate change working group report.



That has nothing to do with the report in question.

Further, it contradicts his numbers.



If that's where he got his numbers, he's being dishonest about them. The report in question specifies that the confidence is just below "confirmation", thus it is the highest degree of confidence, not 8/10 (the second highest, in the IPCC report).


Anyone could pull a random report and apply different standards. That's ridiculous.

Actually it does go along with his numbers

Very high confidence At least 9 out of 10 chance
High confidence About 8 out of 10 chance
Medium confidence About 5 out of 10 chance
Low confidence About 2 out of 10 chance
Very low confidence Less than 1 out of 10 chance


Planar said
Very high confidence: At least 9 out of 10 chance
High confidence: 8 out of 10 chance
Medium confidence: About 5 out of 10 chance
Low confidence: 2 out of 10 chance
Very low confidence: Less than 1 out of 10 chance
 
Actually it does go along with his numbers

Very high confidence At least 9 out of 10 chance
High confidence About 8 out of 10 chance
Medium confidence About 5 out of 10 chance
Low confidence About 2 out of 10 chance
Very low confidence Less than 1 out of 10 chance


Planar said
Actually, Eco's point was that my numbers match the ICCCP, and were not the topic of government assessments.

Ooop... CCCP... IPCC... Understandable mistake, right?
 
Actually, Eco's point was that my numbers match the ICCCP, and were not the topic of government assessments.

Ooop... CCCP... IPCC... Understandable mistake, right?

Ah. Ok. My bad.
 
The moral of today's story...

We should believe the government would never make false statements to lead the nation into war.

It is perfectly fine to not question the government's standards of "High Confidence" but demand that forum users go into details about how they got their method of high confidence.

It's ok to go to war if you're "pretty sure" someone is guilty of doing something. Thank Goodness our justice system operates at a much higher standard.

We'll never find the answers to where ecofarm's information came from because ecofarm will just deflect with more questions that he thinks other people should answer without answer anything himself.
3. The chems were withdrawn from an Assad facility, without resistance. The US claims photo evidence of this.
4. The rockets were prepared, assembled and launched from ~10 different locations within Assad territory, without resistance.
The U.S. has photo evidence!!! Will John Kerry hold up a vial of yellowcake in front of the U.N.?
 
go to you tube and watch gen. Wesley Clark interview, Syria and Iran are the two countrys left on the agenda for middle east domination by a govt. that is out of control, that has hijacked the constitution, and that is spending you into a depression you may not be able to climb out of.
 
go to you tube and watch gen. Wesley Clark interview, Syria and Iran are the two countrys left on the agenda for middle east domination by a govt. that is out of control, that has hijacked the constitution, and that is spending you into a depression you may not be able to climb out of.

I've posted it here half a dozen times if once. These people DO NOT CARE!
 
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