Assad had the upper hand, so why would he gas his own people?
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Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem, Sr
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Dina Formentini and Chris Ernesto
Common sense, historical facts and circumstantial evidence suggest that it’s unlikely that Assad gassed his own people. In fact, it’s much more likely that the chemical weapons were from al-Qaeda, ISIS and/or other anti-Assad factions. Indeed, a case can be made that the attack was coordinated by the White Helmets, with US neoconservatives providing the script.
On March 30, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the future leader of Syria should be determined by the people of Syria.
This major policy statement by the US took regime change off the table, and was obviously great news for Bashar al-Assad. Combined with Syrian military gains on the...