No one can say that President Obama took a straight path to his decision on how America ought to respond to Syria's use of chemical weapons. There will be time to address the kinks in the road, including the side-of-the-highway abandonment of two cabinet secretaries. What the moment demands is a return to first principles: With the deployment of chemical weapons on Aug. 21 against its own people, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad crossed a line that demands a response. With his decision to secure the approval of Congress before ordering a limited strike on Syria, Obama is making that case to the American people and the world.
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