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Kerry lectures the world about the "slaughter of civilians"

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/26/syria-us-un-inspection-kerry  US signals intent to take action against Assad regime John Kerry. Hypocrite The obscene hypocrisy of Kerry and the United States generally is as  breathtaking as it is nauseous. Kerry leaps in with open mouth to lecture the world that the " indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity". and "This international norm cannot be violated without consequences,". Lebanon Damascus   To any right thinking person, it is ironically bizarre that when Israel violates the norm and attacks Gaza, or Lebanon or hundreds of other "targets" in the neighbouring countries generally and in the occupied territories of Palestine, the silence from Kerry and the Untied States is thunderous. White phosphorous (banned by International law when used against civilia...

A move towards intervention ?

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/25/syrian-government-has-probably-used-chemical-weapons_n_3156056.html?utm_hp_ref=uk&utm_hp_ref=uk   US says Syria may have used sarin gas in chemical weapons  US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Has Rumsfeld returned to favour? What does "with some degree of varying confidence" actually mean? Perhaps the "International Community" otherwise known as the United States of America, is looking for a reason, no matter how flimsy, to "put their boots on the ground" in Syria. As Sam Goldwyn, another user of malapropisms, once said, "include me out !"