I guess the Syrians don't respect us after all.

Already the deal brokered by Kerry is falling apart.

   "The ambitious U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough just days ago, hit its first delay Wednesday with indications that the Syrian government will not submit an inventory of its toxic stockpiles and facilities to international inspectors by this weekend's deadline.

The State Department signaled that it would not insist that Syrian President Bashar Assad produce the list Saturday, the end of a seven-day period spelled out in the framework deal that Washington and Moscow announced last weekend in Geneva.

Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman, said Wednesday that "our goal is to see forward momentum" by Saturday, not the full list. "We've never said it was a hard and fast deadline."

Yep, let's cut some slack for these guys who we say are gassing their own people, including women and children.  Then let's cut them some more.  And then more....

It's almost like the administration doesn't really care about those women and children, writhing on cold hospital floors. One could almost believe that it was more important to find a way out of a sticky domestic political problem   One could think....