Can Obama Prevent a Chemical Nightmare?

Can Obama Prevent a Chemical Nightmare?

As one of the world's leading pariah states, it should come as no surprise that the Syria of Bashar al-Assad takes enormous pride in the formidable array of chemical weapons it has acquired in order to sustain its rulers in power. Having suffered two catastrophic defeats at the hands of Israel during the Sixties and Seventies, Assad’s predecessors resolved to make the development of chemical weapons a central feature of military doctrine, to ensure that Syria did not suffer similar humiliations in future.

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