Scoring the Syria Deal.

The author assesses the events relating to Syria that began on August 21 and ended September 14, 2013. He details the chemical attack against civilians in Ghouta on August 21, the plan of U.S. President Barack Obama to use force against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad on August 28, and the signing of the Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons on September 14 by the U.S. and Russia. He argues that the U.S.-Russian agreement does not solve the crisis.