Yep, more worthless crap. Your position is "Do nothing".

More bullshit. If you really believe that God will do everything for you, then you really don't need to say anything, do you?

As for the rest of your answer, you've already surrendered to Assad and you don't care who he kills.

Right now, it looks like Trump is in a "Wait and do nothing for a while" mode because he's clueless about what the right thing to do is. I guess that means he's back on Assad's side again if he's going to let him keep on doing what he's doing. (Doing nothing about it is an endorsement)

Yeah, I heard him give a speech where he called Assad a "Butcher". So what, he's still there and nothing is happening. He either needs to tell Assad, "Step down or else", or the slaughter will continue.

Yet another nonsense answer. The question is what to do in Syria, not Israel.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's call them names and wait for a miracle. That'll learn 'em.

Yet another nonsense answer that changes nothing.

Like I said, we'll never use nukes, so what should WE do?

We'll never use nukes.

Btw, when was this "prophesy" of yours written? Israel didn't exist until after WWII. Just more noise.

Would anyone care to get back on topic, "How would you deal with Syria over the chemical attacks?"

Seriously, what would you do? Events are occurring as we speak.

Yeah, sure, go stand beside Assad.

Today's analysis:

Assad is defiant. Good, we want him. Suggestion to Trump, go to Congress and ask for only two and only two cruise missiles per day for McMasters to hunt Assad with. Tell McMasters to hit wherever intelligence thinks Assad is once a day at a random time of day or night and heaven help whoever is standing next to him. Tell Assad, "Surrender or else." Publicize the daily strikes and make everyone around Assad major nervous until results are achieved. If after a while we aren't getting results, ask for an additional two cruise missiles per day. Tell Congress, "If you have a better idea, I want to hear it." As far as everyone else, "The time for talk is over", and "Russia, you had your chance".

James

Now that's a cute windows error I've never seen before...

explorer.exe - Fatal Application Exit

barrier.c - AquireSelfProtection()

Whaddya think, is someone attempting to remote access my laptop again or is it just another in a long list of cosmic coincidences? This covert "cloak and dagger" routine gets old after a while.

So I appear to be good at analysing the current course of events. It doesn't mean I'm running the show, although cool if I'm getting some respect.

James

The way I see it, Assad is a butcher and has been all along. We have an opportunity with public support to force him out of power. Yes, we may get someone worse and we can force them out too, until we get someone who will at least keep the peace and not just kill people they don't like. We don't have to get rid of the entire ruling party, but we can force and hold a real election for the people to let them choose a new leader. If the UN participates by say, keeping the peace in the capitol during the transition, then great. Right now we have what, half a million civilian deaths and over a million Syrian refugees in the name of fighting a few "extremists". Is the world ready to say "Enough" yet? I hope so.

I'm still waiting for Assad to go in front of the cameras. Basically, the bully just got a bloody nose in front of the whole world. He's standing there stunned. What is he going to do? The other bullies are watching. Everything else is just noise from the crowd.

James

I keep seeing this question over and over again. Isn't it mind blowingly obvious? The goal is the end of the conflict.

Let's see, quick analysis. Assad is dirt to Putin right now. Putin bet on him and got burned politically when pictures of babies getting burned to death by banned chemicals that aren't supposed to be there got seen around the world. What's Putin's next move? If I were Putin, I'd tell Assad to take his family and leave Syria. Then ask the question, "If Assad had a heart attack tomorrow and died, who would take over?" and move in that direction. Everybody's gripe is with Assad, so just replace him with whoever is next in line without ceding any position. If the UN wants to go after whoever carried out the gas attack, no big deal for Putin and he can look like the good guy by cooperating with the investigation or doing one himself. At that point, the situation in Syria continues.

Now, what does Assad do if Putin turns against him? Will his generals refuse orders if everyone is against him? Will Assad try to hold on to power? If everyone stays silent for a few days, who will blink first and make a move? Will a move against Assad come from the UN? Will the Iranians make a move knowing Trump doesn't like them and has a cruise missile button for Tehran too? Trump has the best cards right now and he has time to talk to his advisers about responses to all possible moves. He can also tell Assad, "If you and your family take a hike, I won't chase you". We're not really interesting in trashing Syria or its military, we just want to be rid of the idiot in charge and we know where he lives, so going after him personally isn't a problem. When he gets replaced, we can tell his successor, "Friend or foe?" and go from there. We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way.

That's my bet on what happens next.

Wow, that was quick. 50+ tomahawks at an airbase. Ok, next move looks like we want the world to see Assad's next public appearance so the world can see his face and his words. UN coalition still needs to proceed so US is not the lone policeman here. We don't want another trillion dollar occupation and the world needs a voice. A UN peacekeeping mission to halt the violence looks good and right now, the US can sit back and wait for Assad's next move, since he took a hit and if he remains silent, he's a coward and the world will know it.

James