Assad hid sarin gas from inspectors. Duh.

“The U.S. government was informed months ago that an international monitoring body found traces of chemical weapons that President Bashar al-Assad had promised to turn over, including sarin gas -- a clear violation of the deal he struck with President Obama after crossing the administration’s ‘red line’ two years ago.

“Officials from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons told the Obama administration early this year that its inspectors had found traces of two banned chemical weapons during an inspection of the Syrian government’s Scientific Studies and Research Center in the district of Barzeh near Damascus, two administration officials told us. A report by Reuters May 8 said that OPCW inspectors had found traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at the site in separate inspections in December and January.”

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-13/assad-is-said-to-be-hiding-chemical-weapons-in-syria

“’The real danger is if the regime loses control of these chemical materials,’ one administration official who works on the Middle East told us.”
(Assad pinky swore to give up his gasses. Putin said, “Hey, you can trust him.” Obama said, “Sounds good to me.”

(So, the “real danger” is not Assad losing control of the stuff, but of keeping possession of what he said he would surrender.)

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