So, has the "red line" in Syria, and who crossed the line, al-Assad or rebels?

Chemical weapon use on citizens was a US line in the sand and once crossed the US is supposed to get militarily involved. It apparently has happened (chemical weapon use) and fingers are being pointed both ways as to who started it.

I think that we meant it to be a warning to al-Assad, not to the rebels.

Are we going to ignore chemical attacks done rebles?

They have been fighting there for hundreds or thousands of years and will probably never stop because BOTH sides have lunatics with lots of support.

And now that fundamentalist Islamics are increasing in numbers, making their presence felt... many early rebel supporters are worried about what kind of freedoms they'll have under a rebel Islamist regime.

Experts Doubt Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons - http://www.pnj.com/usatoday/article/2003823

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While it's unlikely that Assad or anyone else used chemical weapons such as nerve or mustard gas, videos of the attack and victims appear to show some kind of chemical agent was used, said Tony Badran, a Syria analyst at Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington.