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I don't think that is impossible that Assad wasn't actually just indiscriminately bombing insurgent held territory and happened to hit a cache of chemicals held by the rebels. He would still be scum for having bombs dropped on his own people. I do think something feels odd about the timing of jumping into using chemical bombs during a time when it seems like the tide is turning in his favor, but I also recognize that Assad is a murderous dictator and they don't always act in ways that make sense. He could have seen America's declaration that Syria would decide what to do with him and decided he can do whatever he wanted.
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