>>1438052No one outside the corporate media bubble believed the chemical attacks were real, but in the political environment at the time he couldn't say so. That's why he bombed a couple empty buildings after warning all the Syrians to get out of the way and pretended it was a big deal.
Pretty much the same as what Iran did. They were forced to do *something*, but OTOH they really didn't want to start any big shitstorms. So they launched a meaningless attack after warning the Americans to get out of the way, then hoped that no one in their own country noticed what a complete joke it was.
