Obama votes present on Syria. A Limerick.

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 Jihad, and the rise of the crescent.

We live in an interesting present.

“No more time, we must act!”

Then takes months to react.

In crises Obama votes present.

Right: Flags of the nations in the Arabic world. Note the crescent in Algeria, and Tunisia, where the Arab spring started

Down: Kerry and the reformer Assad with wives in better times, 2009