Syria: Hit Him Hard

The Economist, Business Insider
Fri, 08/30/2013 - 10:02am

Present the proof, deliver an ultimatum, and punish Bashar Assad for his use of chemical weapons. THE grim spectacle of suffering in Syria--100,000 of whose people have died in its civil war--will haunt the world for a long time. Intervention has never looked easy, yet over the past two and a half years outsiders have missed many opportunities to affect the outcome for the better.

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