dstieger wrote:I agree we have no business trying to directly influence the civil war one way or another. I'm OK with letting them continue to shoot each other with conventional arms. Civilian toll and refugee situations suck, but not up to US to 'fix' those. On the other hand, I think that chemical weapons falls into the WMD category and their use cannot be ignored -- by us or the rest of the civilized world. I'm prefectly fine with shoving a bunch of Tomahawks up his azz and making him (and Iran....and North Korea....and ????) think twice before trying it again. Rules for war is a funny concept, but I'm a fan of Geneva and UN conventions and protocols.
Syria is not a party to the Chemical Weapons Convention. Neither are Angola, Myanmar, Egypt, Israel, North Korea, and South Sudan. It prohibits the development, production, and use of chemical weapons. The USA still possesses chemical weapons.