Well, I tend not to believe much of what's in the media, but I doubt NATO would be lied to by US intelligence services because the game is never played that way. I am of the opinion that Iraq had the weapons but did move them to Syria before the 'Coalition of the Willing' invaded Hussein's country. That aside, because I have no way to prove the contention, the remark that worries me most is '"The Foreign Ministry in Damascus said it would never use such weapons against Syrians."'

Also, war in Syria would be a very hard sell in the USA. Canada has asked both Russia and China to exert whatever influence they have with Syria to ensure chemical weapons are not used. In the parlance, it's one damned thing after another.