One thing to harp about results of inaction in Syria, but why give a 'greenlight' to the rebels?

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David Corn ‏@DavidCornDC 1m
Power: failure to act will give a "greenlight to other outrages" that will force us to act then. #Syria

Why doesn't the administration publicly spell out what they believe will be the effect and consequence of leveling the ground with their Syrian strikes for these people . . .?

Estimates of collateral damage? “Lower than a certain number which I would rather share with you in a classified setting,” Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey told lawmakers.

. . . and, is Powers saying this military intervention is really about regime-change?

US Mission to the UN ‏@USUN 27m
.@AmbassadorPower: Syria is important because its people–in seeking freedom & dignity–have suffered unimaginable horror these last 2.5 years

related:

Syrian rebels say they'll pounce on Assad's forces if US attacks
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-rebels-20130906,0,7217125.story

Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/world/middleeast/brutality-of-syrian-rebels-pose-dilemma-in-west.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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1. If the NYTimes decides to publish an old video from 2012, lots of people in the ruling class have to

be against it, I assume.

the Times video is not doing any favors for the campaign to sell it. It hardly matters that the executions reportedly occurred more than a year ago, in the spring of 2012—not this past April, as the Times initially claimed, while offering no explanation for its embarrassing mistake and correction.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/06/syria-video-turns-the-debate-on-u-s-intervention.html

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2. so, that's all cleared up then

. . . they're all freedom fighters now, conforming with 'international norms?'

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3. I meant the tide is shifting, if even the Judith Miller paper is doing everything they can to stop a

war

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4. ha!

even the Judith Miller paper