(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Two weeks ago, Secretary of State John Kerry called Assad "a thug and a murderer" who had used chemical weapons "multiple times this year." Today, we are told he will come clean about his entire CW stockpile in a week and then lead UN inspectors to every cache. All of this is supposed to be guaranteed by the Russians who still insist he didn't use chemical weapons. Already the Russians are disputing U.S. information about where and how much poison gas Assad holds. There are a hundred ways to cheat on this agreement. Even if Assad does declare and destroy his entire CW stockpile, he will have emerged unpunished for having used these terror weapons. Assad will get a pass for promising not to do again what he claims he didn't do but Kerry says he did at least 14 times.
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