Actually, Assad DOES benefit from using chemical weapons:
1. The idea is to scare the population in a massive way, trying that way to launch an exodus, its part of the ethnic cleansing policy of Assad.
2. He did that attack because he could never have imagined that Trump would react.
3. Thus, Assad misscalculated.
Agreed. Its amazing to see so many people defending Assad like he is a choir boy.
The last time he was accused of using CBW, it turned out it was the rebels and not Assad.
So, NO SALE on the Assad gassing his own people conspiracy theory.