max retallack agreed, e—mailing us to say...ell, one guest who did provide a sceptical perspective was former head of the royal navy, lord west. speaking to annita mcveigh on the news channel on monday, he said the sources for the supposed chemical attack were not neutral, warned that we have had some bad experiences on intelligence before, and added the idea of president assad unleashing a chemical attack on douma seemed extraordinary. he'd had a long, long, hard slog, slowly capturing the whole area of the city. and then just before he goes in and takes it all over, apparently he decides to have a chemical attack. itjust doesn't ring true. we know that the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, said on friday, or accused a western state on friday of perhaps fabricating evidence in douma or somehow being involved with what happened in douma, given that we are in an information war with russia on so many fronts, do you think perhaps it is inadvisable to be stating this publicly, given your position and your profile? isn't ther