Prayer and action can come together in common cause. It is an invitation to release our imagination for creative peaceful solutions in refusing the seemingly obvious action of moral retaliation.
Let us look for ways that reconcile, build the common good and nourish relationships ”” not increase our alienation and cause others only to hunker down while they wait for their own opportunity for revenge. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote “we must learn to live in co-existence, or else face the prospect of co-annihilation.” Jesus said, “the one who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.”
There is a better way. Our imaginations are better than this. We have not yet exhausted all of the options of a shared global life.
Here are three versions of claims that the sarin explosion was the result of rebel mishandling of Saudi-supplied weapons:
http://original.antiwar.com/dale-gavlak/2013/08/30/syrians-in-ghouta-claim-saudi-supplied-rebels-behind-chemical-attack/
http://www.mintpressnews.com/witnesses-of-gas-attack-say-saudis-supplied-rebels-with-chemical-weapons/168135/
http://www.prisonplanet.com/rebels-admit-responsibility-for-chemical-weapons-attack.html
Please note that these are not three different sources. However, the very specific details give the claim a lot of credibility.