Searching for a Syrian intervention pretext

Realizing that sporadic gunfire on the Turkish border would not generate enough public impetus to demand a NATO intervention, we now have reports that Assad has begun activating weapons of mass destruction.

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Photo
Emergency responders in a chemical weapons attack drill in 2010.
Scott Taylor
Published: Wednesday, 12/12/2012 12:00 am EST

 

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