"Common sense speaks for itself: the Syrian government forces are on the offensive, and they have encircled insurgents in some regions, and it would be utter stupidity to give up a trump card to those who have been regularly calling for military intervention. It defies any logic, especially on the day when UN monitors came there," he told reporters.

-Vladimir Putin.

Putin's got a point there. The Assad forces have been doing well-thanks to Russian military assistance! It is not logical. There is no doubt that chemical weapons were used. It is more logical to believe that government forces have the weapons and the means to deliver them than the rebels. The Americans say there is proof it was the government. I do not trust the Americans, the British seemed to have doubts about the American claims. But I trust Putin less. I believe it was the Syrian government that used chemical weapons. 

I oppose American military involvement in Syria. I oppose American military involvement in Syria because American foreign policy is driven by its own best interests. Because President Obama has said that America's "core national interests" are threatened by the use of chemical wmd in Syria; Because I do not believe that the core national interests of America are threatened by the use of chemical wmd in Syria; Because American global military superiority is an American "core national interest;" Because I believe that global military superiority is illegitimate as a core national interest of any nation;  Because military involvement in another country as in the best interests of the intervening country is immoral, illegal and illegitimate; Because American military involvement in Syria is not motivated by any desire to stop a civilian people from being gassed.