Anyone doubt that the country with the greatest arsenal of WMD in the ME is Israel, why not start there first and then tidy up in Syria on the way home?

The US has to have a war, Syria just happens to be handy. Putin has said "so me the evidence and I'll back any UN resolutions". The US wont show the evidence as it's classified.
The US is 17.8 trillion dollars in debt. With interest this will take generations to pay off, and most of it is owed to China (see a connection yet). A war, especially a world war will allow the victor (and that may not be the US) to reset the world financial system. Which is showing signs of collapse. The US is showing the first signs of hyperinflation. Which is why the Australian Reserve Bank can't keep the AUD down, to where it would like it at around 80 US cents.
The positive news heard recently is that the Russians have proved that after a thermal nuclear strike - if all weapons grade plutonium is picked up around the crater. The land (excepting the crater itself) becomes usable within about 5 years. Happy Happy.

This is the first article of David Singers that I have liked. It appears largely devoid of his usual lies and half truths and other distortions of reality. I think he makes a good point about the need for a diplomatic solution rather than a military one. If Russia and China were willing to pressure Assad into giving up the chemical weapons stockpiles, this would indeed be a good solution to the problem. I am not sure how realistic this is, but it certainly would be worth pushing for. In any case, military action, particularly without a UN mandate, would be a disaster for all concerned. And we as American allies and cheerleaders would bear some responsibility for that disaster.

I wonder who should cast the first stone.
Does the 80 million litres of Agent Orange (containing Dioxin) which the US sprayed over Vietnam count as a chemical weapon? I have read that this chemical has long lasting effects and is causing birth defects in Vietnam.
Does Depleted Uranium count as a chemical weapon as it releases radioactive material when used?