Obama et la Syrie: “no option is off the table”

 Une analyse des "pour" et "contre" dans le Washington Post.

 "“Given our own history with intelligence assessments, including intelligence assessments related to weapons of mass destruction,” a senior administration official told reporters Thursday, “it’s very important that we are able to establish this with certainty.”

 Obama is already facing the prospect of a military confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program after vowing that he would use all means necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear bomb – something the government there has denied pursuing.

 Now he must weigh his potential action or inaction in Syria against his policy toward an Iranian government on the lookout for signs of faltering American resolve. A U.S. military action in Syria would open up a new front in the Islamic world, but it could also serve notice to Iran that Obama means what he says when he draws red lines.

There are also options short of direct intervention, likely far more appealing to the president.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-intervention-in-syria-for-obama-administration/2013/04/25/0ad5694a-ade9-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?hpid=z1