Syria Revisited: Postscript

In view of all the commentary flying thick(ly) and furiously in light of the prospect of ever-imminent military action by the United States in response to the recent ghastly chemical onslaught upon Syrian innocents... All those now theorizing that Assad et al did not in fact do the dirty deed, in a letter-day reconstruction of Conspiracy School 101...do perhaps, admittedly, have half the story, so to speak - but only half - for indeed the truth is oftentimes a lot stranger than fiction. But methinks some are now becoming a little too big for their britches, yea, too wise by half (and all the rest). To wit: If no other single piece of evidence were needed/able to be cited, the simple yet all too telling and telltale and abject refusal of Syrian authorities to allow independent United Nations observers/inspectors in to ascertain/verify (or otherwise) the situation in the first instance - in the couple hours after the gruesome incident and dastardly deed - speaks volumes, surely belying all their self-righteous denials, protestations and refutations; to both the nth degree and well beyond. Yes, this surely proves their fingerprints were all over the nasty weapons involved...and yet I happen to believe a side-theory that's now been well-asserted - on both Leighton Smith's Newstalk ZB morning talkback show and BBC News to boot, thus combining conspiracy theorists anonymous and the liberal media establishment incorporated... Which is this: that Bashir's own kid brother, in order to pull one over his highly placed sibling, is indeed thus manoeuvering and manipulating events to gain an advantage, subtle, covert and underhand yet ever so effective, over him in the not-so-distant here-after.... As head of one of the major military subdivisions of Assad's army, he stands to gain from Bashir's being targeted and ultimately 'taken out' by whomever, whether foreign nations like the U.S., fellow Syrians or Al-Qaeda operatives within the land...it really matters not a lot. His desire thus to take over power from his brother can thus be effectively and ingeniously realized with no-one suspecting the real culprit in the chemical attack, and scapegoats (especially foreign and long-despised) be thus conveniently found to cop all the fallout and flak resulting from the horrific episode. Mission Accomplished - and no-one suspects a thing! (Or so he presumes.) Yes indeed, things are not always quite what they appear - though admittedly that remains just a theory, but a pretty good and convincing one in my book anyhow.