Note: Washington has been taken over by Aliens. Certainly no sane adults around these days. Foreign policy? Doctrine? Take 'em out (which thus begs the question: WHO EXACTLY IS THE ENEMY?) I'd trust the Kurds (Sunni btw) over some of the paid clowns on tv...I think Saleh Muslim hits the nail on the head below (why now? what does Assad have to gain by crossing a widely vocalized "red line" when he is winning?) ...
Syrian Kurdish leader says Assad not to blame for attack
BERLIN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not be "so stupid" as to use chemical weapons close to Damascus, the leader of the country's largest Kurdish group said.
Saleh Muslim, head of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said he doubted the Syrian president would resort to using such weapons when he felt he had the upper hand in the country's civil war.
He suggested last Wednesday's attack...was aimed at framing Assad and provoking an international reeaction. Assad has denied his forces used chemical weapons.
"The regime in Syria ... has chemical weapons, but they wouldn't use them around Damascus, 5 km from the (U.N.) committee which is investigating chemical weapons. Of course they are not so stupid as to do so," Muslim told Reuters.
Muslim suggested "some other sides who want to blame the Syrian regime, who want to show them as guilty and then see action" lay behind the chemical attack, which has led to speculation that Western countries will order a military response.
He said that if the U.N. inspectors found evidence Assad was not behind the gassing and the rebels were, "everybody would forget it".
"Who is the side who would be punished? Are they are going to punish the Emir of Qatar or the King of Saudi Arabia, or Mr. Erdogan of Turkey?" Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have all strongly condemned Assad and backed the rebels.
