Great comment @saltycat, you are so right to cite the infamous period just prior to the outbreak of the 2nd world war as indeed there are huge parrallels to be seen and made here ! With a single man being hounded by multiple aggressors and been given no quarter or place in which to find saftety from their sabre rattling and negative rhetoric to the public ! Assad did not surely commit this last gas attack, if he didnt thatn its clearl who did no ?? As for protesting in the streets to prevent these criminals, I fear it will take much more than that to stop them ! Putin will not back down to these sickos, as he knows full well if he does then the madness will continue ! Maybe time to go into all of our political control centers, once deemed to be democratic by us and pull out these worms and throw them to the birds ?