When a president assumes office with no executive experience at all and a faculty lounge contempt for the details of management, events have a way of sneaking up on him and creating crises.  Writing in Time, Michael Crowley explains another fine mess Obama has gotten himself into. For many Americans, Syria’s chemical weapons count as a problem solved. But that’s about to change. While it was sarin gas that crossed Obama’s red line last summer, this time chlorine is the weapon of choice. Chlorine may be harmless in swimming pools, but it is lethal in concentrated form. Human Rights Watch says there is “strong evidence” of multiple chlorine attacks in Syria last month, with clouds of yellow gas killing 11 people and sickening another 500 with symptoms that can include vomiting, splitting headaches and uncontrollable coughing. Syrian activists say another chlorine attack earlier this week killed a disabled teenager. France’s...(Read Full Post)