*** Western military sources are reportedly of the view that the Syrian national army and air force retain the upper-hand and are too strong to be seriously threatened with defeat.
*** Nevertheless, with the Western-fomented havoc wreaking Syria - up to 700,000 refugees, five million displaced, 30-50,000 dead out of a population of 20 million - it is all too easy to portray and perceive an atmosphere of doom and desperation, which is then cited by the White House and its anonymous media agents as a “tipping point” for the imminent deployment of alleged chemical weapons of mass destruction.
