Are the UN Chemical Attack Report and the Washington Shooting Spree Related?

Dear readers, perhaps I am too cynical...but why would there be an attack at a Washington DC naval facility at the very moment that the UN report on the Syria chemical attack was released? Was it to take the chemical attack report off TV Page One, to avoid highlighting the information in the UN report that says 85% of victim blood samples tested positive for sarin, that the missile canister fragments tested positive for sarin, that the canisters had Cyrillic lettering on them, i.e., Russian. Am I being paranoid? ~~~~~ UN inspectors said Monday there is "clear and convincing evidence" that chemical weapons were used on a "relatively large scale" against civilians, including children as young as 7, in an attack on August 21 in Damascus suburbs that killed hundreds and perhaps more than a thousand people in Syria's civil war. The report was clear about the use of chemical weapons, but, as expected, it did not answer the key question of who launched the attack. The US has said the regime of President Bashar al-Assad was behind the attack, while the Syrian government accuses the rebels. US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Paris with his counterparts from France, Britain, Turkey and Saudi Arabia before seeking a UN resolution that would detail how the international community can secure and destroy Syria's stockpile and chemical precursors. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov clashed Monday over possible military action if Syria doesn't abandon its chemical weapons.Kerry said the US-Russia agreement "fully commits the United States and Russia to impose measures under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter in the event of non-compliance." Chapter 7 resolutions permit military enforcement. Russia's Lavrov said Chapter 7 was the subject of "fierce debate" during the US-Russia talks but said that "the final document...doesn't mention it" and that the Security Council resolution being negotiated will not be under Chapter 7. He said if Syria fails to cooperate, the Security Council can pass an entirely different resolution "which may employ Chapter 7." Lavrov stressed that attempts to threaten the use of force against Syria would disrupt a chance for Geneva peace negotiations that the US and Russia have been trying to organize. But in a public statement today, UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon called the chemical attack "a war crime" and said those who perpetuated it "must be held to account." ~~~~~ So, dear readers, we must ask if America has once again been successfully targeted by those who prefer to keep the United States off-balance in its war on terrorism - a war on terrorism that President Obama refuses to label as such. There is no doubt that al-Qaida, other jihadists and the al-Assad regime have benefitted from sharing the media spotlight today. Whether because of a terrorist plot or by coincidence we will learn as the investigation continues. And sad as today's news out of Washington is, the real news is that the United Nations has labelled the August 21 chemical attack a war crime, whose perpetrators must be held to account. Take notice, Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin.