Ron Paul: Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria Likely a False Flag
“Zero chance” Assad behind attack, says former Congressman
Pointing out that the prospect of
peace in Syria was moving closer before the attack, with ISIS and
Al-Qaeda on the run, Paul said the attack made no sense.
“It looks like maybe somebody didn’t like that so there had to be an episode,” said Paul, asking, “who benefits?”
The former Congressman went on to
explain how the incident was clearly being exploited by neo-cons and the
deep state to enlist support for war.
“It’s the neo-conservatives who are
benefiting tremendously from this because it’s derailed the progress
that has already been made moving toward a more peaceful settlement in
Syria,” said Paul.
Many have questioned why Assad would
be so strategically stupid as to order a chemical weapons attack and
incite the wrath of the world given that he is closer than ever to
winning the war against ISIS and jihadist rebels.
Just five days before the attack, U.S.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said, “The longer-term status of
President Assad will be decided by the Syrian people,” implying a
definite shift in U.S. foreign policy away from regime change in Syria.
Why would Assad put such assurances in
jeopardy by launching a horrific chemical attack, allowing
establishment news outlets like CNN to once against use children as
props to push for yet another massive war in the Middle East?
The narrative for the August 2013
attack in Ghouta, which Barack Obama cited as the pretext for a long
awaited U.S. attack on government targets in aid of jihadist rebels,
completely collapsed after it emerged that the casualties were the result of an accident caused by rebels mishandling chemical weapons provided to them by Saudi Arabia.
The United Nations’ Carla Del Ponte also said that evidence suggested rebels had used sarin nerve gas.
As journalist Seymour Hersh reported
in December 2013, intelligence officials told him that the entire
narrative was a “ruse” and that “the attack was not the result of the
current regime.”
It’s particularly rich to see the same
establishment media who were responsible for peddling fake news about
“moderate rebels” for years now pushing the same agenda for another
giant, endless, bloody war in the Middle East while acting like they
have the moral high ground by exploiting images of dead and dying
children.
If the Trump administration falls into the trap of following that
same disastrous policy, many more innocent people will die than those
who sadly lost their lives in Khan Sheikhoun.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor at large of Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com.