It transpired that the chemicals sold to him could well have been used to make the weapons Assad Assed used on his opponents

Could be they were used to purify water or perhaps chlorinate chickens.

the young people were volunteers fighting a madman
T'other way about I think.
Does any of this ring a bell?
1)membership of Isis
2)Conscripting children
3)Using human shields
4)burning captured pilots
5)random beheadings
6)Captive brides

You inhabit a very strange world.

Syria was a very pleasant secular country with numerous religions and all living in harmony until the crazies arrived,
I know, I was living there for vast blocks of time for nearly 4 years up until it all kicked off.