I certainly respect you opinion. However, these interventions on the part of the US are always presented in a noble manner on the surface.but none have really succeeded and only resulted multiple times in further destabilizing the Middle East.
It would make little sense for Assad to intentionally use chemical weapons. Things were shifting somewhat in world opinion, the terrorist were on the run. It appeared he would not have to step down. It makes absolutely no sense for him to initiate this. Bombings may have hit a store house of terrorist stored chemicals, but for Assad to directly use chemical warfare is political suicide on his part. Peace plans were at least being discussed.
This is the position held by the Syrian government which the Russians seem to support. Syrian Foreign Minister held a press conference yesterday and in great detail explain to the reporters that they were not the ones who used the toxic gas but rather it was stored in the rebel’s ammunition depot which was targeted by the Syrian’s jet.
The length that the Foreign Minister went about this seemed to convince his version of the story. It gives some doubt as to who really were responsible for the chemical weapon.
Now the Russians ask for a full investigation.
As to whether it makes sense for Assad to use the bomb on his people, one could see it both ways.
Against Assad would be he had a history of using chemical weapon against his people and there is no reason for him not to use it again.
Secondly, despite all the peace negotiation and while they were at it, the rebels made an incursion into Damascus and took a good stronghold.
If I were Assad, I would be pretty mad at the treachery of the rebels and their gain at Damascus area would certainly a loss to what he had gained lately.
In that circumstance and in order to punish the rebels, would he not use the bomb? That question is anybody guess but there is no prize for the right answer especially if he still keeps some remnant of the bomb.
So I am not too sure that it did not make sense for Assad to use the bomb.
Assad is not a nice guy by any stretch of the imagination, but his defeat leaves a power void to be filled with something even worse. Puppet governments established by the west seem to fail. Our intervention is not a good move. We should not the policeman of the world.
I would agree with this assessment especially after looking at what happened in Iraq. In retrospect, perhaps Saddam was the lesser evil compared to ISIS.
Similar scenario can happen in Syria should there’ll be a power vacuum with Assad out of the contention. The radical Sunnis in the Arab world still has strong support and that is made stronger with the support of the Saudis. And the Sunnis are the majority in Syria.
Assad is from the minority Alawite tribe, similar to Saddam’s situation in Iraq who was from the minority Sunnis.
There is indeed a mess in Syria and if not handled correctly, it could only set for the extremists to gain power.
