Sheldon Richman on the U.S.'s Cynical Chemical Weapons Policy
Political and economic interests play a much bigger role in U.S. involvement in Syria than the government lets on.
(White House)
Because the gruesome images of children and other noncombatants killed and wounded allegedly by Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons constitute a powerful part of Obama's appeal for public support for his missile strike (or more), it pays to take a close look at the U.S. record on chemical weapons. As Sheldon Richman points out, U.S. intervention has a history of weighing the political and economic gains over any ideals.