It's time to arm the Syrian rebels

Instead of red lines of resolve, we're acquiescing to another red line: one written in the blood of civilians and the burning embers of America's broken word

Free Syrian Army fighters move through a hole in a wall during an infiltration operation, April 22.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Malek Al Shemali)

In the midst of the Boston investigation, the looming interrogation of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the challenge of immigration reform, and the fight over gun control, it's easy to forget that there's a world outside America.

But our attention mustn't fixate only on domestic concerns. There's an international crisis that requires our urgent action: the Syrian Civil War.

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Tom Rogan is a conservative writer who blogs at TomRoganThinks.com.