Forces of good can not always prevent or remove forces of evil around the world. And to the extent the US and our allies want to try and minimize or diminish such evil we really need to be honest about what we think we can accomplish and what will come of it.
Assad is staying in power. That sucks, but in realistic terms there is no better alternative the US can undertake to change that. Will he use chemical weapons on his opponents catching innocence again? Possible. Assuming his military or those aligned with his government and military where behind this latest chemical weapon use, it is just the latest example of him doing this. I'm not sure why we think it will be the last. He has not been deterred prior. Hopefully he will never do it again. But as questioned, is it all that much different to bomb, shoot, starve or otherwise victimize the people of Syria who are caught in up in the collateral damage? Marginally I suppose, not suffering from the effects of chemical and biological weapon agents is one thing...unless we are talking about people with limbs blown off or maimed by explosions of conventional nature. The means of war is nasty business. Once it is started the only thing that can be done is get the fighting over as soon as possible. Assad's side is going to win. The sooner he does the fewer chemical weapons attacks I suspect we will see. That is the unfortunate truth in a world that we can't shake our magic wand and make everything in our image or fix all that ails poor and oppressed people and nations.
Look my Congressman said something about this.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/republican-lawmaker-blasts-both-parties-for-hypocrisy-over-syria-strikes
Look my Congressman said something about this.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/republican-lawmaker-blasts-both-parties-for-hypocrisy-over-syria-strikes/blockquote >I suspect you agree with him? He's right, it is total hypocrisy. Democrats suck. Republicans suck.
War is hypocricy.
