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Assad crosses ‘red line’, but how far will Obama go to help Syria’s rebels?

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Brooking Institution’s Michael O’Hanlon and Salon.com’s Joan Walsh debate whether President Obama has made the right decision to arm Syria’s rebels – now that he believes Assad has used chemical weapons – and whether that inevitably means American “boots on the ground”.