Quote of the Day

By Taegan Goddard

Posted September 17, 2013 at 9:57am

“If Assad is eating Cheerios, we’re going to take away his spoon and give him a fork. Will that degrade his ability to eat Cheerios? Yes. Will it deter him? Maybe. But he’ll still be able to eat Cheerios.”

— A senior military official, quoted by USA Today, describing the planned strike on Syria for using chemical weapons.

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