The apparent failure of the Obama administration’s campaign to remove Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons without military intervention underscores the limits of international diplomacy. That painful reality could explain the relatively muted response to the U.S. missile strikes from some Church leaders and specialists who have been frustrated with the international community’s failure to stop Assad’s use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
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