>> if we want to spot the Russian troll farm at work, look at this thread <<
Sadly, they and their “useful idiots” seem to be major players on FR these days.
Some of us have figured out that NOTHING the government says can be assumed to be true.
This would not have been done by Syria. It would not be in its interest to outrage the world. There would be no benefit for Syria.
It also seems designed to poison US-Russian relations, just as the event in London was. The latter was never in the Russian interest to go after a washed-up double or triple agent from long ago.