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Obama left red-faced over red line : Comments
By David Singer, published 9/9/2013But did it matter who used chemicals on 21 August? Wasn't there real urgency now to ensure they could never be used again in this conflict?
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If the experiences of the last twenty years have taught us anything in the West, it is that people have to make, and take responsibility for, their own revolutions. A government toppled by outside force remains a potent rallying-point for the disaffected; only a genuine autonomous popular rising can provide a starting-point for reconstruction.
In the meantime, let's put the money we would have spent on guns and bombs on providing a safe haven outside Syria for people in danger who want to leave it.