Is it a Mistake to Simply Focus on Chemical Weapons?

The World

The proposal to put Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal under international control has sparked debate among supporters of a US intervention.

Rime Allaf is a Syrian commentator and writer.

She tells anchor Marco Werman that the focus on chemical weapons distracts from the ongoing civil war in Syria.

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