Bloomberg Editorial Board: The U.S. Can Punish Assad, But Shouldn't Join the War

[TomSea]

The U.S. Can Punish Assad, But Shouldn't Join the War
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The recent air strikes by U.S., French and U.K. forces on Syrian chemical-weapons facilities were justified, appropriately scaled and efficiently executed. But Bashar al-Assad is still in power, Russia and Iran are still backing him, American-supported rebels are on the defensive, and peace talks through the United Nations are going nowhere.

Looking ahead, the U.S. and its allies face two questions: how to respond if the Syrian regime uses chemical weapons yet again, and how to ensure that the seven-year civil war doesn't descend into still greater chaos or engender more terrorist groups like the Islamic State.

Nobody should expect Assad to willingly refrain from new war crimes. On chemical weapons, he paused for almost a year after the U.S. bombed a Syrian airfield in response to an attack with sarin gas last spring, but he clearly isn't troubled about committing atrocities against his own people. Next time, if there is a next time, the U.S. and its allies should respond more severely.

Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-18/syria-airstrikes-were-justified-but-u-s-shouldn-t-topple-assad

[SirLinksALot]

Personal Comment:

1) There is still dispute as to :

     A) Whether or not there really was a chemical weapons attack on Duoma
     B) And for those who say that there was a chemical attack, whether or not Assad was responsible for it ( some are saying that it was the rebels that the west support who perpetrated it ).

2) Should the USA even be involved in this given the sad results of our involvement in toppling Saddam and Khadaffy?

[Frank Cannon]

Oh. Bloomberg. Well this means absolutely nothing.

[Fishrrman]

Regardless of whether the source is Bloomberg or not, the premise is correct.
We should try to maintain some distance from this.

It ain't our fight.
The Israelis -- well, that's a different story.

Want to solve this quickly?
Get rid of Assad.
By any means necessary.