Across The Red Line.

CHEMICAL weapons; SYRIAN Civil War, 2011-; OBAMA, Barack, 1961- -- Political & social views; SYRIANS; ARAB Spring Uprisings, 2010-2012; CHEMICAL arms control; ASSAD, Bashar, 1965-; SYRIA-United States relations; CRIME victims; WAR & society; GOVERNMENT policy

The article discusses America's reputation and the foreign policy vision of U.S. President Barack Obama in the wake of Syrian President Bashar Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons against Syrian citizens in 2013. Obama's role as a conciliator is addressed in relation to his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. It states that Obama warned Syria in 2012 that a "red line" would be crossed if the Syrian regime decided to use chemical weapons. The Arab Spring uprisings in 2011 are also examined.