yes
what Russia did in Syria was a strategic win. Even if they decide to back out, which is highly improbable in my mind as they have a naval base there which they like to keep, it should be in a saving face manner, i.e. an independent investigation reveal that Assad has really used chemical weapons on his own people. If that happens, I can see even Iran stop its support as a victim of chemical weapons that has always denounced it.
Regarding use of chemical weapons evidence are dubious .. like what happened in recent attack, they would just jump to conclusion without any investigation as if they were informed in advance ... for example in one of these attacks in city of Sarmin 2015 chloride gas was used ( as the only chemical substance that was excluded from Syria chemical weapons disarmament deal due to dual use like industrial) and victims were exposed to the gas for 30 minutes but as I checked photos of victims they had no signs of chloride gas symptoms like skin's redness unlikely a pale skin ... during performing CPR on victims (by white helmets ) camera man said make sure Mother's body be showed underneath of kid ... why? I don't know .... moreover it's said that all these attacks have been carried out by Syrian choppers dropping barrel bombs while there is no footage of these choppers ..
Ok, now let's accuse US of using chemical weapon!
No other media outlet, not even Russians, reported this incident. It's just reported by press TV and they even didn't show any footage just talked with two ppl, so i suggest we wait to see how accurate this report is.
