Attack On Syria Is About Saving Face, Not U.S.

08/29/13

So why is the U.S. suddenly shocked — shocked! — at a new alleged atrocity, as we scramble to do something about it?

Attacking a thug like Assad is not, in itself, a bad idea. But why such a hurry? A U.N. team arrived three days before the suspected nerve gas attack to investigate accusations of chemical weapons use made months earlier. Why not wait a week or two for their findings?

Is it because it might actually have been Syria's Islamist rebels who committed the nerve gas attack — rebels to whom Obama gave support?

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