http://circa.com/world/security-threats/was-the-obama-admins-chemical-weapons-deal-with-syria-a-failure

One of the most egregious truths about how the DOS does things is this...they'll make a deal, any deal just to say they have a deal made.  Then they bask in their own glory and tell all the reporters who'll listen that it was such a great win for democracy and world peace and blah blah, blah blah (e.g Balkans, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon).  Kerry was just as effective as his predecessor, Hilary.  Not very.  Although, the mid-level careerist liberals that infect DOS doesn't change.  Hasn't changed much since '79 - '85.  Too bad.