9 questions about Syria you were too embarassed to ask...

[TheOrchardKeeper]

a really good link

[niceguy2]

Great article

[MinnieBar]

Thanks, that's actually really helpful. I didn't know why it was 'ok' to shoot/bomb your citizens but not to gas them, IYSWIM.

[niceguy2]

Yeah I understood the red line with regards to chemical weapons. But the main point I think everyone needs to understand is:

Why hasn?t the United States fixed this yet?
Because it can?t. There are no viable options. Sorry.

[specialsubject]

very interesting explanation, I feel somewhat better informed now.

glad to live in a country where protest doesn't result in monstrous retaliation. And so sad that other people have to live a place where it does, and where it all then escalates due to all these hatreds.