When President Obama drew a "red line" that threatened the Syrian government with U.S. military action if Bashar Assad's forces used poison gas – and then withdrew it – the move was justified by a Russian guarantee that the Russians would take possession of Syria's entire gas inventory. Only a five-year-old would have believed the Russians.  As it turns out, no matter how much of Syria's stockpile of poison gas the Russians removed, they apparently made sure that there were plenty of weapons left to use on innocent people. The U.N. is reporting that the Syrian government has used poison gas to attack civilians at least 27 times.  In six other attacks, experts have been unable to identify which side used the banned weapon. Reuters: A government warplane dropped sarin on the town in Idlib province, killing more than 80 civilians, the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said, in the most conclusive findings to date from...(Read Full Post)