THE SITUATION IN SYRIA GETS MORE SERIOUS - WHAT WILL WE DO ?.............

Latest news reports regarding the Dictatorship of the President of Syria Bashar Assad, coming from an American intelligence assessment is that the Syrian Government has used a chemical weapon to at least a small extent, in the current civil war in Syria.  The Obama Administration earlier this year agreed to humanitarian aid and military assistance to the insurgency combatting Assad, vowing that a red line as to development and use of chemical weapons exists that Assad's Government will not be allowed to cross.  President Obama said today given the latest occurrence that he will pursue the response, "prudently and deliberately", but not rush into quick action before assessing the evidence.  "Knowing that potentially chemical weapons have been used inside of Syria does not tell us when they were used, how they were used", Obama said today.  The President in remarks to the media just prior to his meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan, went on to state, "But I meant what I'd said"..."To use potential weapons of mass destruction on civilian populations crosses another line with respect to international norms and international law.  And that is going to be a game changer".  The Obama Administration is said to be moving cautiously so as to avoid repeating the mistake of surmising based on faulty intelligence, that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction in 2003, as an argument for mounting war against Iraq, when to date none have been found.  On that front the Obama Administration was joined in verbal concern by British Prime Minister David Cameron.  Here in the USA, calls for a more forceful American response to the Syrian situation and Assad, are being declared by U.S. Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham and other neo-con interventionalists, mostly Republicans, who have staked out a position for more vigorous military actipon by the United States in Syria, for the past year.............Fr.  Troy