I think there's a much larger issue here, which is our whole Syria policy. And we've been sitting on our hands doing nothing while Assad slaughters his people, as said over and over again. More than 100,000 Syrians and now he's taking it a step further with the use of chemical weapons in a really horrific way.
Paul Wolfowitz criticizes the U.S. response to the Syrian conflict and the use of chemical weapons by Assad.
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If the U.S. would have joined Qatar and France and other countries would have come along and recognizing this provisional government, I think it would send a very, very powerful message to the people around Gadhafi that the end is coming.
The problem is not that the president has done too much, however, but that he's done too little to achieve the goal of removing Gadhafi from power. The United States should be leading this effort, not trailing behind our adversaries.
The goal is to enable Syrians to fight for their country so that we aren't stuck with a problem later on.