Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons - Now What?

With U.S. intelligence assets and the British Foreign Office both confirming small-scale chemical weapon use by the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, the international community is now asking what their next move is to end the two-year old civil war that has claimed over seventy thousand lives, with the potential for many more imminent.

And with increased attention on Syria's use of chemical weapons, reportedly Sarin gas, the world is shifting its collective gaze towards 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and President's Obama "red line" that if Assad ever resorted to chemical warfare to remain in control that the United States would necessarily increase military involvement.

The administration has thus far remained silent on the matter, but with both Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) calling for American or international intervention to prevent the further use of biological agents or secure whatever stockpiles do exist, the pressure is on President Obama to finally act.

It has been two years since the start of this never-ending bloody conflict in Syria. 70,000, or more are dead, neither side has the ability to overcome the other as conditions currently stand and with Assad's grip on his family's six-decade reign of terror slipping in some parts of the country, he's resorting to desperate measures.

The time to act has been for a long time, but with two highly competent and trustworthy sources confirming the use of chemical agents by the Assad regime in their attempt to maintain power, we can no longer sit idly by. Action must be taken and it must be done before we witness the chemical version of the Hama massacre.

What say you?