"In September 2013, Syria provided information about its stockpile to the OPCW as part of its disarmament obligations. However, the exact composition of its declared chemical arsenal will not be disclosed to the public, due to OPCW rules.[16]" -Wikipedia (number for source)
Syria has publicly admitted to having chemical weapons, but had said they had destroyed them. The OPCW is the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, an international organization.
As to the US's response, I am in complete agreement with you. I don't really believe that the US can impact anything positively in the ME. Nobody wants us there, not our "allies" or the people we are claiming to help. It's a lose-lose scenario.
Attacking Assad will only prolong the war and lead to more death.
They could also have bought them, there are enough money hungry companies and people in the world willing to sell these weapons, I believe there is a black market for them so anything is possible, but it is also possible that Syria was producing them as you say so let's leave it at that.
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fair enough.
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