Thoughts Out Of Season

Reports are that the Pentagon has ordered naval vessels armed with cruise missiles to Syria in response to President Assad's purported use of chemical weapons that killed over 1700 civilians yesterday. Photos from the scene show the dead lined in rows, many of them children, most dressed in night clothes indicating an attack occurring while people were asleep,  at their most vulnerable. Earlier in the day Obama appeared a bit cautious, even detached as he spoke of what amounted to a wait and see approach regarding action against the Assad government. Many, including me were left a little flabbergasted that the President didn't use stronger language than the situation in Syria being "troublesome". But it appears that Obama was playing the bluff and playing it well. 

President Obama needs to get to a podium, any podium and make a strong statement regarding the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Overwhelming evidence supports the fact that the Assad government has dropped chemical weapons on a score of villages in Syria. Over 1500 people, mostly children were suffocated as they slept. President Obama is hemorrhaging credibility right now across the globe. He appears not to have a good grasp of the situation and its serious implications. Come on Prez, get out there and make us proud!

Up to 1729 are now known dead after Syria lobbed nerve gas at several sleeping communities in Syria. This would make it one of the worst Chemical Weapons attacks in history. France is currently calling for armed intervention to prevent other such attacks. US President Obama doing what he does best at times of crisis, shrugs shoulders and lifts palms to heaven.

I remember reading the book " We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda " and finding it incredulous that with all the information readily available that a genocide was imminent that the world, including the United States sat back and allowed close to 1 million people to die by stick, stone and fire at the hands of their fellow countrymen. Sure a host of the world's government officials later on when the coast was clear expressed regret and sorrow for what happened, but that did nothing to comfort the pregnant women who were disemboweled and their babies who were bayoneted, or the many who were packed into churches side by side with their children and forced to watch them die as the marauders set the building aflame. A similar scene is occurring right now in Syria, and like Rwanda the world's governments are well aware of what's going on but don't have the guts to step in to do something about it. Close to 70...