A lot of people use the “When you don’t know, make stuff up that fits your desired narrative” theory as the way to go.
If we let neocon-phobia to cause a blind eye to what is going on in Syria because of Iran and Russia, we will let disaster happen.
From the photos and videos, the chemical attack on the Syrian civilians looked real to me. What I saw was dark, lousy photos. A staged photo would have been perfect with lighting, composition and subject matter.
Enter U.S. technology for better pictures: Our surveillance satellites could see war planes go over Douma at the exact time of the gas drops. They could see the explosions as they hit the ground. They knew where these planes originated and study the types of weapons loaded into them. They probably saw that “blue stripe” that indicated they were chemical bombs. And they got radio communications that talked about the progress of the weapons to the airplanes. A satellite may have read a wrist watch to do a time check (my theory). On the plate is Saudi Arabia and Israel. That is a picture you cannot overlook. Make no mistake.