Cheat Sheet - Bushies Love Obama's Unilateralism

Today: UN Team Leaves Syria , WWII's Greatest Battle: How Kursk Changed the War , Teen Found Guilty of Dehli Gang Rape August 31, 2013 NEW FANS 1. Ex-Bush Officials Love Obama's Unilateralism on Syria The president is signaling he's willing to go it alone, and that's won him some new admirers: the Bush officials who went to war with Iraq absent a second U.N. resolution. The Daily Beast's Eli Lake reports. Read it at The Daily Beast COUNTDOWN 2. UN Team Leaves Syria A United Nations team tasked with investigating a possible chemical weapons attack that killed 1,429 people, has left Syria, clearing what looks to be the last hurdle before a U.S.-led strike. Washington officials say they don't need to wait for the inquiry's results because its intelligence assessment determined that the Syrian government was to blame for the attack. Although officials still say the president is weighing options, an attack seems inevitable. On Friday, the president laid out his case saying, "We cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale." The U.S. has five destroyers waiting in the Mediterranean for orders. Read it at Reuters WWII's Greatest Battle 3. How Kursk Changed the War Perhaps the most important battle of World War Two was a giant clash of tanks between Germans and Russians, but today it is largely overlooked in the West. Andrew Roberts on a new book that makes a convincing case for how it changed the war. Read it at The Daily Beast JUSTICE 4. Teen Found Guilty of Dehli Gang Rape A teenager has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a Delhi bus last year. The brutal rape thrust the issue of women's rights in India into the global spotlight. The young man, who was six months shy of his eighteenth birthday at the time of the crime, received a three-year sentence, the maximum punishment for a juvenile.  Advocates, as well as the victim's family, argued he should have been tried as an adult and faced the death penalty as the remaining three defendants will. Read it at BBC News back-up 5. France: U.S. Is Not Alone in Syria Sorry, Britain, France is our new BFF ally. On Friday, French President François Hollande threw his weight behind a potential strike against Syria, saying in an interview that "the chemical massacre of Damascus cannot and must not remain unpunished." He added: "There are few countries with the capacities to inflict sanctions with the appropriate means. France is among those. It is ready." He later spoke on the phone with President Obama. On Thursday, the U.K. voted against supporting military action, throwing off Obama's hopes for an international coalition. Read it at The Wall Street Journal thanks, snowden New Leaks Reveal Hundreds of Cyber Ops Includes putting foreign computers under U.S. control. HOLY PROMOTION Pope Names Diplomat as Top Aide Pietro Parolin to be secretary of state. LOVE Ginsburg to Officiate Same-Sex Marriage First Justice to do so. FREE AGENT Patriots Cut Tim Tebow Quarterback failed to perform. The Dark Knight Ben Affleck Isn't the Worst Thing to Happen to Batman He has the jawline. He doesn't look bad in spandex. Ben Affleck isn't the worst thing to happen to Batman. By Sujay Kumar. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Patrick Stewart's Quadruple Take Welcome to Stewart's master class, where the prolific actor will teach you the important acting technique of reacting...repeatedly. More Videos Dog Owners Aren't Booking Train Travel Yet by Miranda Green Lilly Pulitzer's Stylish Legacy by Lori-Lee Emshey The Night Princess Diana Died by Christopher Dickey

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