Turkey Closes Border Gate to Syria
Rebels fighting in Syria near Turkish border
Members of Assad's religious group
Delivered between 2002 and 2006
Denies Syrian forces were responsible for the chemical attack near Damascus last month
Panetta supports idea of US intervention, Gates opposes it, both believe Obama shouldn't have went to Congress
The Syrian Islamic Movement posted video of Mohammed al Alami's funeral on Youtube
Doesn't look like he is going anywhere soon
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting that there is violence in nearly every province
United Nations report on August 21 attacks says chemical weapons were used, but does not say who used them
Obama's foreign policy is disengaged, interventionist, and aimless at the same time
Western powers say UN report provides irrefutable evidence
That doesn't sound like it'll end well
Russia still not convinced gas attack was perpetrated by regime
About 10,000 linked to al Qaeda
Decline to provide details
Will probably have better luck than when looking for support for war
The president is now at odds with Congress and the public.
May not identify a perpetrator of chemical weapons use at all
Opposition claims official does not speak for regime
If the Obama Administration really cared, there are a few easy steps to making not just Syria, but the whole world, a safer place
The Constitution did not keep President Obama from attacking Syria. The people did.
Wants US to back off with military threats
Think it may go better even as they continue to negotiate over chemical weapons
Not that Putin is likely to suffer
Obama and Rand Paul define the edges of the politics of Syria. But do the politics matter?
Banks can't do business with them, so it's cash-only
Per a convention on them the country signed last month
US, Russia discussing diplomatic solution