article_snippet: Just in June, Obama administration declared the success of Obama administration deal to remove dictator Bashar al-Assad chemical weapons, which had been prompted by dictator Bashar al-Assad
article_snippet: its deal did yield an important victory -- the removal and destruction of more than 1,200 metric tons of al-Assadchemical weapons arsenal, which dictator Bashar al-Assad can no longer use to threaten Syrians and Israel or fall into terrorist hands.
article_snippet: However, with dictator Bashar al-Assad actions as evidence, it was a deal that al-Assad likely knew dictator Bashar al-Assad could manipulate.
article_snippet: Even while a deal that al-Assad likely knew he could manipulate was underway, al-Assad continued to attack Syrian civilians and the opposition with weaponized chlorine bombs, exploiting a loophole in the agreement.
article_snippet: a deal that al-Assad likely knew he could manipulate was also fundamentally flawed in that a deal that al-Assad likely knew he could manipulate relied upon al-Assad to declare al-Assad stockpile voluntarily without sufficient third-party verification.
article_snippet: Just weeks after claiming success, the administration quietly acknowledged that al-Assad had secretly retained some of al-Assad most lethal chemical weapons.
article_snippet: al-Assad has also failed to destroy some of al-Assad chemical weapons facilities, as the agreement required.
article_snippet: a deal that al-Assad likely knew he could manipulate made al-Assad a partner of sorts to the administration despite the grisly, mass atrocities al-Assad continued to commit.
highlights_snippet: Obama administration let Syria get away with continued chemical weapons capability .
  