army officer charles troubridge has to say about this is that our studios in london right now again welcome to r.t. . you look at both sides saying what they say about what happened in syria the discrepancies are huge why do you think they're so far apart on what they say happened in syria a couple of weeks ago. one of course there are two competing stories because there are two competing narratives as we know but or credit to r.t. for mentioning both of them and the fact that actually there are two narratives if you listen to the west media of course especially at british and american media almost uniformly there is only one narrative and anything our sister simply ridiculed i mean the truth may be that all of these weapons got through despite the evidence for today and i can come on to that in a moment or that only twenty odd country or some figure in between which is perhaps where the truth might lie but certainly the existence of fragments like this could point to the fact that some missiles malfunctioned or shot down or simply landed in the wrong place but even from a successful strike

who are waiting to see what comes next the security analyst on the full british army officers charles troubridge told me if any go for sending troops into syria would be acting illegally. well a lot depends on the difference of course between what is being stated quite grandly by various politicians and leaders and what actually may actually turn out to happen on the ground let's not forget that this would be an occupation force because syria of course is a sovereign entity certainly the recognized government of syria has not invited these other countries from the g.c.c. the gulf cooperation council states to come and join in any action or any military operations inside syria itself let's not forget sad president assad and his forces are winning the war in syria and almost certainly at some stage those that then replace american troops may well end up in combat against syrian forces and possibly also russian forces and those countries will be keen to avoid that i suspect. the french president has concluded a three day trip to washington by addressing the u.s. congress where he got a warm welcome

who are waiting to see what comes next well security analyst and former british army officer charles troubridge told r.t. that any gulf states sending troops into syria would be breaking the law. well a lot depends on the difference of course between what is being stated quite grandly by various politicians and leaders and what actually may actually turn out to happen on the ground let's not forget that this would be an occupation force because syria of course is a sovereign entity certainly the recognized government of syria has not invited these other countries from the g.c.c. the gulf cooperation council states to come and join in any action or any military operations inside syria itself let's not forget sad president assad and his forces are winning the war in syria and almost certainly at some stage those that then replace american troops may well end up in combat against syrian forces and possibly also russian forces and those countries will be keen to avoid that i suspect. french president has concluded a three day trip to washington by addressing the u.s. congress where he got a warm we

who did visit do were interviewed locals we spoke to former british counterterrorism officer charles troubridge to comment on the situation journalists who got in on the ground robert fisk is a notable person i'm thinking of there he says and attended by syrian government employees and so on he spoke to ordinary residents and to medical staff who none of whom confirmed the idea that there was a chemical attack already i think seeing on detecting science myself that there was a slight backtracking amongst government statements rowing back slightly saying well actually we weren't completely clear that's why we we were relying on social media we were lying on activists on the ground and that's why we only carried out a limited strike so they're already i think preparing the ground for the possibility at least that the port isn't particularly helpful for example it may actually find that there were no trace of chemicals of chemical warfare turkey faces u.s. sanctions for buying russian weaponry more of that story after this break. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking