>>Real evidence of chemical weapons use - the red line that keeps smearing? I'd be amazed if there really was any use. Syria does have nerve agents - same as Iraq. But I don't see Assad as arrogant enough to use them like Hussein did. Perhaps a local commander panicked or wanted to play messiah, but I'd be fairly surprised at that.
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>>I don't have much doubt that CWs were used - either by Assad or even by a rogue military operation.
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>>But Obama has not made any convincing case that this is qualitatively different than, say, the Jinjaweed (Arab militia) killing a far greater # in the Sudan.....or the machete-wielding killers in Africa who have killed even more. What I find amazing is the possibility that the Senate will likely pass this. Barack Obama refuses to own any problem he creates or exacerbates - he needs to own this.
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>Syria being closer to Iraq (as well as Israel, Iran,Afghanistan and the other middle east worry spots) makes the difference. Similar to Lybia having natural resources.
>(And welcome back fellow Tull afficionado)

Now we are back in agreement. Jethro Tull was one of the first concerts I saw live. I can still picture Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond playing while dancing backwards. My first concert, not long before, was Carole King opening for James Taylor. One of the girls I went with on a "group date" -- we were all way too young to drive -- was nuts about James Taylor. She followed him after the end of it and got a Dixie water cup he had taken a drink from. "It's his water! It's his water!" I should definitely have learned music instead of playing sports.