Interesting How Oil Has Held Up This Week -- All Due To The Strength Of The Dollar

Updates

June 15, 2013: this is so cool. The point of the original post was to point out I was confused on what President O'Bama's policy with regard to the Syrian Civil War. It turns out I'm not the only one confused. Senator John McCain (RINO-AZ) was so confused he had to retract his initial statement suggesting the US was to supply the rebels with ammunition.  

Original Post

On another note, the White House has acknowledged that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons in Syria. According to the president, such use would be "crossing a red line."  In response, the President has issued a statement which will take several days to translate, and even longer to understand. These are the specific repercussions Syria has to face for having used chemical weapons;

Following on the credible evidence that the regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people, the President has augmented the provision of non-lethal assistance to the civilian opposition, and also authorized the expansion of our assistance to the Supreme Military Council (SMC), and we will be consulting with Congress on these matters in the coming weeks.

Lost in translation:

• non-lethal assistance: food?
• expansion of our assistance to the Supreme Military Council: more presidential statements?
• consulting with Congress: slow-rolling the rebels?

Oh, by the way: the Syrian rebels, whom the Obama administration is now assisting, pledge allegiance to Al-Qaeda.