Seymour Hersh Alleges Obama Administration Lied on Syria Gas Attack

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99. Al-Nusra

I usually trust Hersh's reporting but I can't this time.
For starters, if Al-Nusra has had the ability to produce and deploy Sarin gas, why aren't they using it all the time? We're not exactly talking about a group with a lot of morality. The Syrian military has had the advantage for a while now and certainly has regained the initiative. If they have it, why haven't they used it? And why haven't they used it on military targets and government HQs?

Israel has shown the ability and motive to attack Syrian military positions in response to them shipping weapons. They would have no problem taking down Al-Nusra if they felt the group had Sarin gas.

If Al-Nusra had launched a large-scale attack with Sarin gas, wouldn't that greatly justify our sending in troops and airstrikes to prevent that terrorist group from launching gas attacks in other countries? We could justify taking out Assad along the way on the grounds that he allowed the terrorist groups to become too powerful and thus a threat to the nation.