Who benefits from this
Be honest
War Criminal Assad benefits by killing large numbers of civilians in the most terrible way to satisfy the blood lust his supporters, that he killed as many of their enemies as possible while he still coud and thus retain power.
Hmmmmmmmmm.......
Assad and Russia stand in the way of the Saudi pipeline. The “rebels” were already being beaten back by Assad and the Russians.
The Rebels are composed of ISIS fighters who are desperate and have staged video of attacks like this before.
Who stands to gain from a chemical attack? Hmmmm...
What could be more demoralizing to the foes of assad than to realize he can murder them with impunity? assad and putin know they’re many defenders who will support them and whatever means they use to attack civilians to intimidate them in to submission. assad uses terror and fear for the same reasons Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Ho, Castro, and putin use it. It isn’t something that makes sense to sensible people. It’s something that scares people in to submission.