If you're a typical country like Syria, the "international community" (the United States) has gamed the arms control norms so that you can't possibly win.
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IPTC: Keywords
arms control; Syria; Bashar al-Assad; weapons; nuclear weapons; WMDs; weapons of mass destruction; chemical weapons; Saddam Hussein; hanging; capital punishment; hypocrisy; early adopters; drones