vessels then? Countries should be responsible for their actions, either that, or we should have a permanent "world police force" (an army) ready to actively interfere with any & every tyrant that arises. That would be too political I guess. Assad could be dealt with in an hour with a flick of a switch (or two). So could the scourge of Islamic Terror (there is no other "Terror"!): the "World" could demonstrate say, in Saudi, what a well placed, nuclear device could do to their economy- end of story. I have no doubt, had "The Jews" been responsible for a tenth of the mayhem/death the Arabs have inflicted, the "World" would've dealt with it promptly, swiftly and without any squabbles. So they die in Syria, so what?! ...Auschwitz anyone? In human history nothing changes.

obama should just say openly that he will not do anything--not in syria and not in iran. just stop the constant hamlet like dithering and prevarications. it is so unmanly.

It is possible the rebels killed their own to have something to blame Assad's forces. Deception is part of warfare. Getting involved in foreign entanglements and civil wars is bankrupting the USA. Somebody is getting rich off all this, like the military industrial complex and construction giants like Haliburton. The world will not change until the Jewish Messiah comes as the Lion of Judah to establish a righteous rule on this earth.

These things are meant for consumption. The days of military hardware movements being breaking news died with the Soviet Union. We could in 5 minutes from now decide to act and in 10 minutes it would be over. Every talking head on tv before Libya said the US had no assetts in the region. The next morning hundreds of tomohawks had hit their target.