WAS THE SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN PROMISE NEVER TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON HIS OWN PEOPLE REALLY A CRUEL JOKE?

WAS THE SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN PROMISE NEVER TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON HIS OWN PEOPLE REALLY A CRUEL JOKE?

I wonder if the Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi was just really joking

when he said,"Syria will not use any chemical or other unconventional weapons against

its civilians, and will only use them in case of external aggression," in a media conference 

back in July of 2012 at the Syrian Capital.

I wonder if he was just really joking when he made what now seems to be an outlandish
statement to the media and  the Syrian people.

Although Makdissi said that the government would not use weapons of mass destruction
to resolve the internal problems within the country, such  as the conflict between the loyal
 Ba'ath government and those seeking to oust it, there have been several incidents when
 either civilians or rebel forces has been attacked by chemical weapons such as the Sarin
 nerve gas.

It seems that the United States government and other governments should have foreseen
 that catastrophic Ghouta scene was going to occur.The U.S. government should have allied with other governments to sanctioned the Syrian government when 16 government soldiers and 10 civilians had been killed in the Khan al-Assal chemical attack after a rocket landed on Khan al-Assal in March 19,2013 .

What external forces and international organizations should have done did not occur.
Therefore,1300 people lost their lives on August 21,2013, possibly because the
international community did not  realize as chemical attack after chemical attack incidents
were reported or discovered in Syria that the Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman was
 really joking when he promised that Syrians would not be exposed to WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.







In the You Tube video the Director of Roosevelt University interdisciplinary International
Studies Program, David Faris Ph.,D says the Syrian government has consistently unleashed chemical weapons on its own people in order to scare their rebels into silence.

 Faris also said that U.S. military intervention is "not worth it in lives in money  that we would have to throw at it."The best course of action the U.S. government should take Faris says,"The best route is not to do anything right now," unless the international community is going to figure a broader and long term solution to the problem.


What do you think the United States Government and the rest of the international
community should do to respond to the chemical warfare and terrorism on civilians
that Jihad Makdissi said would never occur in Syria?