"Certain actions -- a government’s reported use of chemical weapons on its own women and children -- are beyond the pale of a civilized world."

Democrat or Republican or Independent, all Americans (including our wimps) should be 100% with our president on this one. America, the most powerful country in the world, has a moral obligation to punish dictator assholes who have the nerve to murder hundreds of children with poisonous gas. We can not tolerate these subhumans who would try to get away with anything if America did nothing.

Fuck off and die Bashar al-Assad. We should make your head the primary target for our missiles. And if the Americans don't kill you somebody else will. You are doomed you fucking asshole. The 21st century will never tolerate you scum and you know it.

Somebody from Chicago wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Times and he had some nice things to say about President Obama which I totally agree with.

Re “President Pulls Lawmakers Into Box He Made” (White House Memo, front page, Sept. 1):

President Obama’s decision to seek Congressional approval of an attack on Syria is masterful. It forces Congress to put up or shut up (incidentally giving credit to the Constitution, which gives that body the power to make war). It forces the Syrian government to stay on its toes, never certain when the missiles might arrive, creating tension that enables behind-the-scenes pressure on its leader to resign.

It forces a public debate that could allow or shame other countries into joining the effort to hold the Syrian government responsible. It asserts that certain actions — a government’s reported use of chemical weapons on its own women and children — are beyond the pale of a civilized world, and bad actors must be accountable.

Mr. Obama shows his skill, character, fortitude, patience, wisdom and conscience by this decision. If only a similar process had been undertaken by President Bush before he invaded Iraq.

JOHN E. COLBERT    Chicago, Sept. 1, 2013