The U.S. must act against Assad

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Author(s) Eugene Robinson
Source The Washington Post
Date August 26, 2013
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-assad-must-be-punished/2013/08/26/3aaceb94-0e8c-11e3-bdf6-e4fc677d94a1_story.html
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Quotes-start.png Are the relatively few deaths caused by nerve gas really so different from the many more deaths caused by bullets, rockets and bombs? Yes, I believe they are. There is an international consensus that chemical weapons, because of their potential for mass annihilation, are beyond the pale; any government that uses them will lose all legitimacy. If one tinhorn despot is allowed to get away with gassing his opponents, other thuggish strongmen — a category of which there is no shortage — will be emboldened to follow suit. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position United States should intervene on the topic Syrian civil war.