U.S. Confirms Syrian Government Used Chemical Weapons

Once upon a time, Obama said that if Syria used chemical weapons, it would be the 'red line' that they dare not cross.

I guess you shouldn't draw red lines unless you mean it.

The United States has concluded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has used chemical weapons in the fight against its own people, the White House announced today.

"Following a deliberative review, our intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year," Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes said in a written statement. "The use of chemical weapons violates international norms and crosses clear red lines that have existed within the international community for decades."

While traces of chemical weapons in Syria were detected by the U.S. intelligence community months ago, President Obama and his administration had delayed making a determination on who had used the deadly agents.

The president has said repeatedly that the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" and be a "game-changer" that would prompt greater American involvement in the crisis.

"The president has said that the use of chemical weapons would change his calculus, and it has," Rhodes said.

The intelligence community estimates that 100 to 150 people have died from chemical weapons attacks in Syria to date.

Here;  http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-confirms-syria-chemical-weapons/story?id=19395909&google_editors_picks=true

The true face of Islam is revealing itself in Syria.  It's going to take a LONG TIME for Sunnis in Syria to live in peace with Shiite Muslims.  This war is far from over...and remember it could end in the destruction of Damascus which could fulfill Isaiah 17.

Will followers of Christ be here to witness it?  Or will the trumpet blast call us home first?