Dejavu. The excuse used in 2003 for Bush to invade Iraq was WMDs. Are we now close to the beginning of a new war in Syria?.
Will McCain and the warmongers get their way?
The reason for that is the "use of chemical weapons" by the Assad regime. However, as in the case of the Iraq war that may not be true. In fact, the chief UN investigator, Carla Del Ponte had indicated that the Syrian rebels, not Assad, used chemical weapons.
Here is the video of Carla Del Ponte
Obama has handled so far the situation relatively well, trying to resist arming the rebels, because of concern that such weapons may end up in the hands of islamist extremists and terrorists. As terrible as the Assad regime is, the Islamic fundamentalist rebels seem to be worse and they have committed horrific crimes. There are many videos on you tube that show unbelievably horrific actions by the Syrian rebels, including cannibalism. Yes, cannibalism! Unbelievable but true.
Did maybe Obama lose an "internal battle" with the neocons and is he now forced to start a new war? Time will tell. But moving towards arming the rebels in Syria does not sound good.