Is the Syria case another dud?

Re “U.S. opens dossier on Syrian facility,” April 25

I am monumentally opposed to Syria obtaining nukes. However, as I recall, the last time the Bush administration put forth evidence to support the existence of weapons of mass destruction, the evidence itself resulted in the mass destruction of America’s credibility and, in particular, the credibility of our intelligence system. It would be an extremely naive person who would not ask the question: Why should we believe the Bush administration now?

This is not a partisan issue. World peace hangs in the balance. Furthermore, why is this being magnified now? If the facility existed and was destroyed, then there is no threat. I understand that we knew about this quite some time ago, but it becomes news now?

If enough was known to bomb it, enough was known to make an accusation to the world and catch the parties red-handed.

But then again, the last time we made such an accusation, we were caught red-faced.

Joel Gossman

Los Angeles