Syria Agrees to Declare Chemical Weapons, Sign Weapons Convention
Will it be enough to stop the strikes?
Syria's foreign minister says President Bashar Assad's regime will declare its chemical weapons arsenal and sign the chemical weapons convention.
Walid al-Moallem also says Syria is ready to cooperate fully to implement a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons arsenal under international control and it will stop producing chemical weapons.
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That'll learn 'em to go around gassing civilians. Such harsh punishment Assad suffered for crossing the thick red line established by the Lion of Honolulu.
I just hope those no-goodniks learned their lesson this time so Captain Constitution doesn't have to stamp his mighty foot again, as at this point the White House china couldn't take much more rattling.