A Mediterranean Battlefield - Syria

[Jan Klimkowski]

Former British Ambassador Craig Murray says:

The claim that "up to 150 people have died" spread over a number of incidents makes no sense at all. In a civil war when tens of thousands of people have died, where all sides have been guilty of massacres of scores at a time, I cannot conceive of any motive for killing a dozen or so at any one time with the odd chemical shell. It makes no military sense chemical weapons are designed for use against population centres and massed armies. They are not precision weapons for deployment against small groups.

Why on earth would the Assad regime use a tiny amount of chemical weapons against tiny groups of rebels, knowing the West would use it as an excuse to start bombing? It makes no sense whatsoever. Cui bono?

Craig Murray continues to speak much sense.

Of course, when he spoke the truth as British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, exposing the regime's systematic use of torture and rape, he was removed from his post.....