government used chemical weapons against its civilians. it does seem odd. assad's group was on the brink of victory, why would he do that? senator rand paul made the same observation. watch. >> i think this is a real question, and i think that assad isis either but i must dictatorn the planet or he didn't do it. do you think about it, they have been winning the war for over a year. the only thing that galvanizes world opposition to the assad regime, is the use of chemical weapons. >> tucker: what do we really know about this? what questions should we be asking? what questions should we be allowed to ask without being attacked as foreign agents? her forward as the former british ambassador to syria. he works for a group as described as pro-assad, though he can describe it himself, and he joins us now. thank you for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: since you do know a lot about syria, and you are a