You make an interesting point, probably more profound than anything the decision makers considered. Taking it a few steps further....What if whites deviously in South Africa unleashed some chlorine and blamed the gov? Would we go in and do the regime change dance there? What if someone pulls that stunt in Venezuela, El Salvador, Saudi Arabia, or Bangladesh? What if there’s “proof of a suspected attack” in the West Bank, done by Israel? It could be like The Mouse That Roared on steroids!
Or...what if the South African government does it and makes it LOOK like the work of disgruntled whites?
Or...what if Mexican Federales do it and make it LOOK like the work of one or more of the cartels?
What if Hamas does it but does a wholly convincing job of making it LOOK like Israel did it?
Or...what if Assad really DID do it, but made it LOOK like a more amateurish, resource-strapped bunch pulled it off, and that the video “evidence” cobbled together to support the claim that Assad did it was intentionally shabby and discreditable to further his attempt to redirect the blame where he wanted it?