Classic intelligence failure, nothing nefarious about it.
Classic intelligence failure that started a full blown war. Inexcusable.
As to Syria, guess where Saddam shipped a lot of his stuff when things started heating up in 2002?
Are you just saying that because that's what you think?
Also, why would the rebels used chemicals on the people they've been trying to protect? I don't believe it was to make the Syrian gov't look bad because they've been doing a good job of that on their own.