Obama Official: 'We Always Knew' Assad Still Had Chemical Weapons

[mystery-ak]

By Wanda Carruthers   |   Sunday, 09 Apr 2017 10:39 PM

An official in the administration of former President Barack Obama admits they "always knew" Syrian President Bashar al Assad still had chemical weapons, despite a 2013 agreement that indicated otherwise, reported The New York Times.

"We always knew we had not gotten everything, that the Syrians had not been fully forthcoming in their declaration," Tony Blinken, a former deputy secretary of state and former deputy national security adviser under Barack Obama, told the Times.

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[Sanguine]

Beyond cynical.

[Just_Victor]

What's the point of entering into an agreement with someone that you know is violating it as you are signing it?

[edpc]

What's the point of entering into an agreement with someone that you know is violating it as you are signing it?

Good question and it's hardly a recent one.  See SALT I, SALT II, The Agreed Framework, Irianian Nuclear Deal, etc....