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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/opinion/friedman-arm-and-shame.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Should the U.S. Act in Syria?
(New York Times) Thomas L. Friedman - Count me with the activists on the question of whether the U.S. should respond to the Syrian regime's murder of 1,400 civilians, more than 400 of them children, with poison gas. If there is no global response to this breaching of a universal taboo, the world will be a much more dangerous place. And only America can spearhead a credible response: Russia and China have rendered the UN Security Council meaningless; Europe is a military museum; and the Arab League is worthless. We are out front - alone. We may not want to be, but here we are. So we must lead.