The Americans are positioning to launch an attach on Syria for the use of chemical weapons. Do you think this justified or is the another hunt
for non existent weapons of mass destruction.
Two questions: Do you believe the evidence, and do you believe it is wise to attack Syria.
That stated, it would certainly seem that the evidence is correct it is hard to get wrong technical intelligence that all the missiles were launched from areas under the control of the Syrian Army and landed in areas under rebel control, it is also highly suspicious that the Syrian Army would shell the the neighborhood at a rate many, many times that of the previous month immediately after the Nerve Gas attack. Likewise that the Syrian Government would deliberately obstruct the work of the U.N. Inspectors.
Is it justified is a more difficult question. Certainly the Obama Administration is showing that the devotees of the "Brother Jonathan" school of foreign policy are in control, and the statement that this has been the second and third terms of the Carter Administration applies to foreign as well as domestic policy.
Going to war based on nothing more than "they deserve to be punished" is deeply troubling. Further, I worry that there seemingly has been no thought as to follow-up, if we attack what then, and I am concerned that this has overtones of "Serbia deserves to be punished," however, I wonder if we will not all wake up on "August 2" and say how on earth did we get here i.e. I foresee real possibility of this "kicking over the ant hill" and turning a Civil War into a Regional Conflict, and even the possibility of major powers being drawn in a significant way.