Syria Strike's Dangerous Calculus = Assad Loses and Al Qaeda Wins

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Jay Sekulow

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September 9, 2013

1 min read

Middle East

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American credibility is at stake in Syria, but not necessarily in the way that President Obama thinks.

By now, we’ve all heard the arguments for intervention:

  • Chemical weapons are banned by international treaty (interestingly enough, a treaty that Syria did not sign),
  • If we fail to act, the brutal Assad regime will use chemical weapons again
  • Degrading and defeating Assad will be a serious blow to Iran and Hezbollah. 

Moreover, the president himself declared in 2012 that the use of chemical weapons was a “red line” – even though he recently tried to re-write history by claiming the “red line” was drawn by the world community, not him. . . .

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