Fearful of a nuclear Iran? The real WMD nightmare is Syria

Fearful of a nuclear Iran? The real WMD nightmare is Syria

from Web Edition | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Charles P. Blair

As possible military action against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program looms large in the public arena, far more international concern should be directed toward Syria and its weapons of mass destruction. When the Syrian uprising began more than a year ago, few predicted the regime of President Bashar al-Assad would ever teeter toward collapse. Now, though, the demise of Damascus's current leadership appears inevitable, and Syria's revolution will likely be an unpredictable, protracted, and grim affair.