Anniversary - 1 year ago today - Obama warns Assad

I don't think Barack should have made the red line comment in the first place. And I think he regrets it now too.
France says something needs to be done, Europe has evidence of multiple gas attacks. It will be interesting to see what they do and if America leads from behind again.

Sidebar: Now Al Qaida/Free Syrian Army is fighting Syrian Kurds. A three way war could be very interesting.

Did you refer to President Bush as George? Just wondering.

Why should the United States lead from the front on this, Fred? We're not the world's policeman or arbitrator of what countries can and can't do. It's time we learned that.

Conservative Voice wrote: Did you refer to President Bush as George? Just wondering.

Why should the United States lead from the front on this, Fred? We're not the world's policeman or arbitrator of what countries can and can't do. It's time we learned that.

I agree, especially when it comes to people who hate us, even when we try to help them. We should help our friends and let our enemies deal with their own probems. We could help the Syrian rebels take out Assad... then what? (see Libya, Egypt, Afghanistan)... we are getting played.

Personally I think we should stay out of it. Neither Assad nor Al Qaida are the good guys.

And I did call Bush II "W" all the time.

And I would love if we could stay out of Egypt too, but Carter promised them an eternity of military aid.

http://www.investors.com/image/RAMclr-082313-syria-IBD-COLOR-FINAL123.gif.cms

On this point, I agree with Fred and Rick 100%.

Bob, are you advocating the U.S. respond to Syria militarily, or what? I get the cartoon, I just don't know what you think we should do in response.

Turkey said yesterday that multiple red lines have been crossed, good, let them intervene. It is their region and they are hosting thousands of Syrian refugees, let them resolve the civil war.

Meanwhile, the U.N. or any other group for that matter, has yet to confirm if chemical weapons were used and if so who used them.

Do you think it possible for the oposition to use chemicals on their own people to try to drag other nations into the fray?

In an important development yesterday, the Russians have agreed the site of the attacks needs to be checked out. Seeing the wrapped victims of the gas attacks was very sad.

Russia is also suggesting, once again, that the opposition is responsible for the chemical attacks. I don't expect the Syrian government to cooperate in either case.