It makes no sense militarily or politically for Assad to gas his own people like this. Unless he has been assured that Putin will back his play, and Assad’s endgame is starting WWIII, there is no point to it. Obama’s sympathy for the Al Qaeda riddled Muslim Brotherhood is well known. I hope some one else is thinking along these lines, because backing rebels is backing those who (indirectly) brought us 9-11..
Furthermore, the rebels routinely commit atrocities against Christians and burn their churches. This is ignored by the Obama Administration, and most certainly by CAIR and the Main Stream Media.
Why do they do that? Why do they support the Muslim Brotherhood that is committed to killing Christians and are dedicated to the annihilation of Israel? We have seen it in Libya, in Egypt, and in Syria. The common factor in all three countries is the Muslim Brotherhood.