Assad is desperate. His military is unable to defeat and demolish the insurgents. He is losing ground slowly but surely. Many of his supporters have fled abroad. A cornered rat will attack anything. He mis-interpreted Trump’s campaign rhetoric and thought he was given the green light to attack the insurgents with his most effective weapon..chemical WMD’s.
Possible, but that’s a huge misinterpretation given the last nerve agent fiasco. I guess I’m just at a point where I no longer have faith in the US intelligence community. Too many crocodiles and other swamp critters slithering around.