Here's a really lousy reason for bombing people to death

Kerry says Syria response is key to US credibility - World - The Boston Globe

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Sunday urged lawmakers to approve strikes on Syria to preserve the “core to American credibility in foreign policy,” underlining the gamble President Obama took in putting the question to a wary Congress.

(What it means is immaterial; all it has to do is sound important. It barely even does that.)