The World Watches As Assad Fires Scuds at Syrian Civilians

Bashar al-Assad is growing increasingly desperate and has now fired several Scud missiles at rebel-controlled northern Syria (see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-forces-fire-scud-missiles-at-rebels/2012/12/12/ee60e58a-448b-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html). For those of you have never witnessed a Scud attack, these missiles are not sufficiently accurate to target individual groups of fighters, but depending upon meteorological conditions, can fall within a few blocks of where they are aimed. Or stated more simply, Scuds are instruments of terror for use against civilian populations.

In addition to Syria's use of Scuds against its own cities, US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers stated yesterday that Syria's chemical weapons could be used at "a moment's notice" (see: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=295734). Will Assad take the next step and actually drop chemical weapons on the rebels? Notwithstanding Nancy Pelosi's assertion that Assad is a ""model Arab leader" (http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/assad_fooled_us_twice_shame_on.html), Assad is in fact a psychopath, who is aware that his body and that of his wife could soon be dragged through the streets of Damascus. Yes, he is capable of this horror.

And what does Obama and West do as this obscenity looms larger? Answer: Nothing. Obama likes to watch.

Meanwhile, the mullahs in Iran have Obama's number. Despite the American president's claim that "as president of the United States, I don't bluff" (see: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/obama-to-iran-and-israel-as-president-of-the-united-states-i-dont-bluff/253875/), Obama has now "reissued waivers that exempt nine countries, including China, India and Turkey, from fully complying with U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports" (http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/us_renews_iran_sanctions_exemption_for_china_8_others.html), and has agreed to the renewal of bootless negotiations with Iran over their nuclear development aspirations, all fostering Tehran's stalling tactics (see: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2012/10/23/Iran-New-P51-talks-possible-next-month/UPI-89631350988200/).

These are troubled times, and the West is sadly saddled with an invertebrate occupying the Oval Office of the White House.

Hey, is that a drone over my house?