Syria's Civil Strife

[Solon]

The civil war in Syria has been going on for awhile, but I think the game just changed:

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21576707-evidence-regimes-use-nerve-agent-puts-mr-obama-spot-crossing


THE conviction that Bashar Assad’s regime has begun to use chemical weapons is gaining strength. Israel’s most senior military-intelligence analyst, Brigadier-General Itai Brun, said on April 23rd that there was strong evidence that sarin, a lethal nerve agent, had been and was continuing to be deployed. Israeli intelligence sources added that satellite images and witness testimony had “conclusively determined” the use of a nerve agent. Photographs showing victims with constricted pupils and foam coming from their mouths are consistent with poisoning by the compound.

I think the US is going to get involved sooner rather than later.

[GarthUte]

The civil war in Syria has been going on for awhile, but I think the game just changed:

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21576707-evidence-regimes-use-nerve-agent-puts-mr-obama-spot-crossing



I think the US is going to get involved sooner rather than later.

It's sure starting to look that way. I'm curious how much support Obama would get from US citizens if this happens, particularly his base. The right will most likely use it as a chance to continue to criticize him, but what will the left do?