A tyrant’s tiptoe

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There are growing indications that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is using some form of chemical agent against areas held by the opposition. Speculation has been rife for months that Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons — thought to be one of the largest in the world — will be deployed against the opposition. United States President Barack Obama warned in August of last year that his administration’s “calculus” would change if the Syrian regime moved or used its chemical weapons, saying it would be “a red line” for the US. See also: The Quick Guide to Chemical Weapons WMDs in the Middle East Chemical Overreaction Since then, it has become evident that some of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons have at least been moved and it may be playing a cautious game of testing Washington’s “red lines” to see how much it can get away with. In early