Obama’s flawed case for a Syria strike

This article discusses the latest developments in Syria with a focus on the chemical weapons attack and President Barack Obama's case for a Syria strike.

Under the United States’ legal and historical precedents, a president faces the highest burden for justifying military attacks that are essentially optional: actions not required for self-defense and which are not in response to an attack on the United States — or imminent threat of such attack.  Intervening in the Syrian civil war fits that difficult category.

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