The USA, Russia and the Vatican involved in a Middle East War

The civil war in Syria has continued to escalate with the Assad regime resorting to chemical weapons use. The chemical sarin is reportedly been used and resulting in the horrific deaths of almost 1500 men, women and children - no doubt many if not most of them civilians. The United States has flip-flopped on a possible military response, along with Britain and France, to send a strong message that chemical weapons are not internationally acceptable in conflict. Commentators have said the tepid response from the United States sends a message of weakness to the renegade states in the world. It has sent a message to Israel that if chemical weapons were used against the Jewish state, the security guarantees the United States has made, may not be worth the paper they are written on.