The Patriot Post® · U.S. Claims Syria Still Uses Chemical Weapons 'Systematically'

The United Nations announced it will start destroying 12 weapons facilities in Syria sometime in December and it celebrated its accomplishment that it deescalated the use of chemical weapons in the world. But the United States says Syria has continued to use chemical weapons against rebel forces. Rose Gottemoeller, the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, told the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, “Now there is compelling evidence that Syria continues to use chemical weapons systematically and repeatedly.” She continued, “Indeed, chemical weapons capabilities may very well remain in the hands of the Syrian government.” The problem began with the international community’s response to the initial reports that Bashar al Assad was gassing his own people. More treaties and international diplomacy cannot stop a man who would disregard already existing international treaties. More…