I'm not sure what to make of that. Is it possible some rogue generals in the Syrian military have stockpiles of chemical weapons they were able to keep from the government when it destroyed the Syrian stockpile some years ago? Sure. However, it makes absolutely no sense for the Syrian government, much less Assad, to use any chemical weapons they might have remaining. It literally invites destruction, foreign intervention, and everything that goes along with it. While the tide of war has been turning against ISIS, the Al-Qaeda front, and each of their affiliates, using chemical weapons does
absolutely nothing beneficial for the war effort, and is
entirely counterproductive. There is no benefit to using chemical weapons in Syria.
No benefit for the government, that is. When the attack in Ghouta happened some three years ago, there were UN officials involved in the investigation publicly stating that the rebels were, most likely, responsible. Either they did it deliberately in order to 1) gain sympathy and make the government look bad (and the resulting funding, arms shipments, foreign training that goes along with it), or 2) they meant to attack government positions but accidentally fired at themselves. The attack happened
the same day UN inspectors arrived to Syria to monitor their chemical weapons. The same day.
After four years of lies, denials, and disbelief from people here and in the rest of the world, the
US government finally admitted to having used the CIA to train and fund rebel forces beginning in 2013.
I have a difficult time buying this, again. There's literally no benefit to the Syrian government to use whatever chemical weapons it never turned over against rebels where it would be discovered instantly, condemned, and used against the Syrian government as an excuse to provide more funding, training, weapons to anti-government forces, justify bombing Syrian cities and military, etc.
"I don't know if you're a detective or a pervert."
"Well, that's for me to know and you to find out."
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