Wagging the Dog in Syria

June 14, 2013 by R.D. Walker

What is the cure for a shit storm of scandal news on the home front? Why war, that’s what.

The White House announced Thursday that the Obama administration has conclusive evidence that Syrian

President Bashar Assad’s regime has used chemical weapons against his opposition, killing up to 150 people in the last year and crossing what President Obama has called a “red line” that would lead to greater American involvement in the crisis.

It was not immediately clear what the next U.S. move would be, but a statement by Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes said that the use of chemical weapons by Syria has changed the President’s “calculus.”

Pentagon officials told FoxNews.com that they did not expect immediate U.S. military action. However, the Associated Press reported Thursday night that U.S. officials had confirmed that President Obama authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time.

The plan, as near as I can figure, is to arm al Qaeda terrorists to battle Assad who is a stooge of the Iranians but an ally of Syrian Christians. Sounds like a plan. What could possibly go wrong?

Well, if there is one thing that Obama has always been clear on: If a Middle Eastern dictator has any WMDs, America must go to war to prevent their use. He has always said that, right?

Fun Fact: Obama has killed more people with drone strikes, sent more troops to war and attacked more countries than all other Nobel Peace Prize winners combined.