If we are truly outraged by the chemical attacks...

[me b zola]

...why not "bomb" the Syrians with gas masks and hazmat suits? It would be cheaper than the bombs of death. Just a question for those supporting bombing the people of Syria.

[joshcryer]

1. The rebels actually requested gas masks.

The administration denied that for obvious reasons. The masks wouldn't wind up in the hands of civilians in the long run and the back and forth would just be total war on civilians.

[me b zola]

3. As if the bombs are not going to kill civilians...

Do you really believe the bombs will kill "bad guys"?

[joshcryer]

4. Not saying that.

I'm just saying it's untenable. You also have to consider that the masks are only useful if you have early warning devices installed too. And those can be easily damaged or attacked. So you'd want to equip the entire civilian population with them.

That's not possible.

[TwilightGardener]

2. The point is to make Assad sorry he did it. It's supposed to hurt.

I just hope it doesn't hurt the wrong people, either directly or indirectly.

[NoOneMan]

10. So drop bombs on people to make Assad feel bad?

You think thats going to change his mind?

[HooptieWagon]

11. They're living in denial land.

Where govts dont lie, where bombs only hit bad guys, where our enemy's enemy is our friend, etc.

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. In order to fly aircraft over Syrian Territory and bomb them with haszmat suits...

We would have to fight a air war of several weeks to destroy the Syrian Air Force and degrade their anti-aircraft capability so that we could safely fly into Syrian Territory. So, it makes no sense to bomb them to dust just so we can peaceably drop gas mask and hazmat suits.

[global1]

9. At First I Thought That It Is Probably A Good Strategy To Bomb Syrian Airports And Their.....

military installations to cut off their ability to continue their slaughtering of the Syrian people. I didn't think it was a good strategy to bomb the chemical weapons installations as the consequences of bombing in fact may lead to releasing the chemical weapons and actually backfire.

Now I'm thinking if we bomb Syrian Airports and decimate their Air Force and military installations - the only thing left that they would have to use would be the chemical weapons.

So bottom line there really isn't a good strategy for this strike.

Who the hell sold Assad the chemical weapons in the first place?

[xfundy]

6. Why doesn't the CIA just go in and assassinate the dictator?

They've done it many times before.

Oh, because this one needs press that will cause uproar and keep ppl divided.

[Major Nikon]

7. Because...

[Warpy]

8. If we were all that outraged

we'd destroy the huge stockpiles we have of gas weapons.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Oh come on....

That's right up there with me asking, "Whatever happened to Truth Serum?" in a torture debate.

[DeSwiss]

13. More bombs on Syria.....

...just what the situation calls for.

- K&R

[idwiyo]

14. k&r

[tecelote]

15. Use the same money to drop food and medicine instead of bombs.

[jimlup]

16. Good point...