Thoughts swirling in my brain with regards to the Syria possibilities....

[KurtNYC]

3. Seems like the PTB are looking for an excuse to get into this thing

This is the 3rd time this year that they have accused Assad of using chemical weapons. The first two came to nothing. In fact the last one they back peddled and tried to say that he used watered-down chemical weapons (?!)

They have never put forward a motive that makes sense. Assad is winning the war against the rebels so it is the rebels who have something to gain here, specifically help from the USA.

Possibly what it is wanted by the PTB is a stalemate in Syria with neither Assad nor the rebels gaining anything. We could intervene just enough to keep it going which would further weaken Syria by prolonging the civil war there. It worked in recently in Libya, and prior to that in the Iran Iraq war from 1980 to 1988. Killed about 500,000.