Classic false flag attack. I would suspect an Israeli or Saudi operation. No way Assad did this as the war is basically won at this point and the repercussions from this attack far, far, far outweigh and positive result from the attack. Assad has constantly offered safe passage for civilians and the rebels have always held them back as human shields. Saudi and Israel are the big losers in Syria with Iran's biggest ally sitting on their border. Meanwhile Saudi's have bankrupted themselves fighting in Yemen to stop Shiite advancement over the fear that their Shiites will demand autonomy as well so they don't want to see Iran/Syria win. They both want US involvement to confront Iran in a proxy war in Syria. There is nothing for Assad to gain and there is ZERO for the US to gain by attacking Syria over this false flag.

Well at least we know who is the Russian paid poster now.
RCade, where is the Ban Hammer? This has gotten too obvious.

#22 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

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Oh no! People use logic and don't just regurgitate MSNBC talking points. Free thinkers can only mean one thing - Russians!

Damn you Libs have become a stupid bunch. Now, you care to address content or do you need Rachel Maddow to tell you what to think first?

What negative repercussions, you making fun of Obama for his Red Line?
Yeah I'm sure Assad hated that.

#26 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

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Obama's red line was a joke. Anything the US does as a response now is small in comparison to the global reaction against Assad. The world had more or less accepted that he will stay on. The US/Allies had more of less accepted he won and were pulling out troops. Now, all of that is back on the table. And for what? What did he gain by killing people will gas over killing them with conventional means? The math does not work making this move too stupid for Assad to have done it. On the other hand, the math for this being a false flag is right on the money.

It's a lot easier.

#28 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

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That is not even true. If the goal was to kill civilians (which would be the goal of using gas), it is easier to motar the residential buildings or using an airstrike.

So, is that your entire explanation? Assad used what might be a slightly easier approach because he wanted to kill civilians despite the obvious and known global reaction for doing so? Really? You must be even dumber than the intelligence that you assign to Assad.