Israeli officials say Assad believed to have up to 3 tons of chemical weapons

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5. If true, put that in context with the 1300 tons REMOVED by Kerry/Lavrov's US/Russia deal

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Three tons is a large amount, but if it represents the total Assad has left, even if it is three tons (they said "as much as&quot , it is about .2% of what he once had. I think a lot of fact checkers owe Obama, Kerry, Rice et al an apology - especially as the Obama team had said of known or declared CW. When questioned, they unapologetically admitted there could be more.

Consider how unstable Syria is and how much damage 1300 tons stored all over the country would have been.

Consider that Trump's strikes at most scared Syria into not using it again - but 3 weeks is not a good test. In addition to actually getting rid of 1300 tons, Syria did not use the listed chemical weapons again while Obama was President.