The article does not place the locus of effort to mislead Trump in the Pentagon. Of course, you can rail against your straw man and malign Assad, but where' your evidence he's suicidal and wants to lose the war by forcing the West to rally together against him?
As is so often the case, I will recommend you argue this with POTUS. You can claim he’s a liar if you wish.
Plus this plays well into the neocon/deep state propaganda narrative about Trump and Russia.
No wonder there is a movement to get more Americans smoking more pot. (Squelch that analytical mind!)