His command. The world is watching. The use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. And if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. Pelley so why did the president say it today . David martin hat the pentagon has been talking to his sources. Reporter this is a commercial satellite photo of a Syrian Chemical Weapons base. U. S. Monitoring of roughly two dozen bases like this indicates the assad regime has begun preparing its chemical weapons for use. Orders have been issued to bring together chemical ingredients which are normally stored separately for safety, but when combined form a deadly nerve agent sarin. Throughout months of heavy fighting, intelligence analysts said assad remained confident he would defeat the uprising. Now the fighting has crept so close to damascus that airliners are refusing to land and syria experts say the regime may have pushed the panic button. Although the Syrian For