Who's to tell what comprises the Syrian arsenal, who's to tell what Syria has not hidden away, who's to tell any aspect of what two allied, militant anti-Western countries claim they're going to do will do in an effort to mollify the World that the danger of poison gas warfare in the Middle East is now a thing of the past? What are the mechanisms to insure all of this will come to pass?
Unless there's some sort of verification, I can't see how anyone is simply going to take the word of a ruthless dictator whose killed his own citizens and an ardent Cold War warrior itching to show up its now decrepit, age old arch foe?
Kerry said it’s impossible for Assad to comply. The Saudis want him gone. it’s about the pipeline.
You would rather risk starting WWIII not knowing who used the chemical weapons? So what if Muslims are using chemical weapons to kill Muslims? Let Allah sort it out. It’s not our problem.