Syria will see US price for chemical attack as worth paying
“.....According to Human Rights Watch, since the JIM ceased to exist the Syrian government is thought to have used chemical weapons five times, not including this weekend’s attack. In total HRW identified 85 chemical weapons attacks during the war, the vast majority by Assad’s forces. A taboo was becoming the new normal. What was once met with revulsion was starting to be met with a weary shrug of the shoulders. Red lines were blurring into invisibility......
Syria for its part will brace itself for US retribution and, even if it is deadly, regard it as a price worth paying. Assad will feel the alleged use of the chemical weapons served their purpose in destroying the rebel’s last resistance. Following the attack the rebel group
Jaish al-Islam accepted a previously rejected Russian deal to leave Douma. Trump may punish Assad, but in the absence of a new approach from the west, Assad will think his gruesome methods are winning the war.“.......