No easy choices

The Syrian civil war now threatens to split the Middle East along a Sunni-Shi’ite chasm.

No easy choices

The reports about the Assad government’s chemical attack on civilians, if proven true, mean that the Obama administration’s “red line” has been crossed yet again.

France and Turkey last week called for stronger action — including a possible use of force. British prime minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama agreed on the need to deter the use of chemical weapons, and expressed concern about “increasing signs” that Syria attacked civilians.

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