Understanding the World 08-22-13 Sarin in Syria and Churches Burning in Egypt

Mark Finkelstein and Rabbi Kaufman discussed the moral and ethical imperatives related to addressing the situations in Syria and Egypt. What does it mean that Syria used genocidal weapons, weapons designed to kill every man woman and child exposed in an area? What does it mean that the Muslim Brotherhood has systematically attacked Coptic communities throughout Egypt? What must the US do? Can it simply sit back and watch it all unfold? We discussed it all in detail as well as the day's Ketusha rocket attack in the north of Israel.