Should America get involved in Syria?

According to this article in The Economist (http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21572193-syria-disintegrates-it-threatens-entire-middle-east-outside-world-needs-act) President Barack Obama has suggested that saving lives alone is not a sufficient ground for military action, however it seems that such a superpower as America is likely to be dragged into the conflict eventually and Obama's reluctance to help and save hundreds or maybe thousands of lives infuriated local moderate non-jihadist people.
What do you think? Should Obama take control over the situation in Syria and try to gain allies there or should he just sit back and wait for Assads' capitulation while hundreds of people are being killed, arrested and starved out?

Guilty

Final Verdict is Rendered in First Common Law Court Case against the Vatican and Canada for Genocide

Pope, Queen and Canadian Prime Minister found Guilty of Crimes against Humanity and Sentenced to Twenty Five Year Prison Terms

Court Orders them to Surrender by March 4 or face Citizens' Arrests

 Here is the verdict: http://itccs.org/2013/02/25/guilty/

Oskars 2013

Something for the movie buffs.
The academy awards are here! And this year's winners are ...See here.
 For more information and videos see here.

Should English be the EU's official language?

That's what the president of Germany is suggesting, probably as a way of trying to reduce opposition to the EU in the United Kingdom. (Notice the president's many flattering remarks about the "poetry" of English, about Britain as Europe's oldest democracy with much to teach the others, about how it made modern Europe possible by winning World War II, etc.) I'm not sure what the practical effect would be of making English "the" official EU language, since it's already one of the official languages, although the president seems to think that one "common language" would be helpful and is an ultimately feasible goal. Of course, it would be convenient for American tourists like myself! I'm not sure that's the best argument for it, though.  ;-)

Women are under-represented in UK public life

A new report details the situation and says it may be getting worse. If you followed the earlier thread here about women in media, you might find this of interest too.