If Assad’s regime were to fall, the vacuum would be filled by Islamic extremists. Do you think we would be content merely to lob cruise missiles then? I’ve heard people on this board saying “Assad has to go!”, that same was said about Saddam Hussein. To do that it took “boots on the ground.” Where is all this nonsense going? If you say that all these missiles were merely a “message”, then that was an awfully expensive message to send if no real damage was done. On the other hand if significant damage WAS done, how does the West benefit from Syria’s enemies (most of whom are Islamic radicals) gaining a relative strength advantage?
Have you already forgotten the purpose of this limited, targeted airstrike?
Accountability for using chemical weapons against children and other innocents.
Get it?
This is the regime which is importing missies on Iranian “civilian” airliners.