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Chemical Weapons
April 15, 2018
Jonathan Spyer
The Great Distraction of Punitive Airstrikes
Don't congratulate the administration on avoiding Russian retaliation. The humanitarian crisis in Syria remains, and the real collision course here is between Israel and Iran.
October 15, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
No, Chemical Weapons in Iraq Do Not Prove That Bush Was Right to Invade
January 20, 2014
Sam Kleiner
Why Did Ted Cruz Write a Harvard Law Review Article Embracing a Convicted Poisoner's Cause?
October 9, 2013
Faiza Patel
The U.N. May Be Violating Its Own Chemical Weapons Convention
September 29, 2013
Julia Ioffe
This Syria Resolution Is As Good As It Gets
And we won't get another one
September 19, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
America Is Becoming Heartless in the Face of Evil
September 12, 2013
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
The New Truthers: Americans Who Deny Syria Used Chemical Weapons
September 11, 2013
Marc Tracy
This Man Wants the U.S. to Give War a Chance in Syria
September 9, 2013
Marc Tracy
Bashar al Assad's Surreal Apologia to Charlie Rose
September 9, 2013
Marc Tracy
Here Is What a U.S. Attack on Syria Would Look Like
September 4, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Don't Worry About Chemical Weapons Becoming the New Norm
August 28, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Are Washington Elites Really Pushing Us Into a War?
August 26, 2013
Fred Hof
Is Assad Goading Obama?
The new Syrian atrocities may have been a miscalculation. But America's rhetoric encouraged them.
August 22, 2013
Andrew J. Tabler
How Obama Should Respond to Syria's Alleged Chemical Attack
June 13, 2013
Marc Tracy
Obama Administration Announces It’s Still Anguished Over Syria
May 8, 2013
Dennis Ross
Israel Acted on Its Red Line. Now Obama Must Act on His.
May 6, 2013
James P. Rubin
Why Chemical Weapons Matter
The realist case for punishing Syria is just as strong as the moral one
April 30, 2013
John B. Judis
It's Time to Intervene in Syria
Red lines exist for a reason. Syria shouldn't get away with crossing one.
April 18, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Obama Crosses His Own Red Line
The president turns a blind eye to Syria's use of chemical weapons
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