“WE HAVE been very clear to the Assad regime…that a red line for us is [if] we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilised,” said Barack Obama a year ago this week. “That would change my calculus.” If reports from the Syrian opposition that hundreds of people have been killed by rocket-launched chemical weapons (see article) turn out to be true, then Mr Obama should keep his promise.
It's easy to be in favor of military intervention when you and your loved ones are not the people who will be putting their lives on the line. Like, I suspect, most of the folks at The Economist.
