Quote: I don't and won't accept that Assad did it. It's just stupid and he would not be stupid.
That makes sense if you assume that Assad thinks like, and has to operate as though he was constrained by the same things that the leader of a western country would be constrained by.
What if that's not the case. His enemies in the west are not going to launch a full scale war to take him out. The western country's proxy armies are obviously not up to the job. His allies don't care what he does. Condemnation from the UN and in the western media means nothing to him. If a so called coalition of western countries decides to shoot some missiles over and blow up some of his sh*t, as long as they aren't trying to blow
him up,and he's got no reason right now to believe that anyone will, why would he care. He can get more sh*t from Russia, China, Iran,etc.
So why not gas a bunch of civilians in his own country to send an message to the folks there.
"I'll do whatever it takes to stay in power. " Wouldn't be the first guy in the history of the world that thought like that.