We should have learned that we cannot take what is reported by politicians, "credible" spies, "informed insiders" and the media is necessarily true.

What if Saddam had published much the same thing prior to the war. We'd have laughed, thought it was amateurish, commented we weren't as dumb as he thought we were and dismissed it completely.

I don't know whether that report is true, half true or completely false because no one involved is honest. Neither side.

And it doesn't matter. The scripts have been written, there will be a foreign intervention, and the mess will continue with just different characters killing different Syrians. There aren't any good guys, there are just Arabians, and maybe Russians and Chinese and certainly Israelis attempting to manipulate the US.

Obama is being smart. He's not following the knee-jerk war plan "do something" being advocated by the right-wing. He ain't gonna take the rap alone. Good man.