According to Ron Paul and M K Bhadrakumar all this nonsense about chemical weapons in Syria has nothing to do with Syria, but it is simply about the creation of a distraction away from Obama's internal problems (Ron Paul here; M K Bhadrakumar here). Unsuprisingly, Russia has categorically rejected the chemical weapons claim, the arming of the rebels or the possible imposition of an illegal no-fly zone:
It certainaly appears to me like this is yet another all-American "CF-CYA" in the making.
The Saker