McCain says Israel shaken by US dallying

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I don't really follow the logic here. Assad already has chemical weapons. Which the USA isn't going to prevent him from getting. Any American response isn't going to do anything to Assad's chemical weapons stockpile, or his production capacity; it would take ground troops to do that. A pointless "limited response" bombing campaign won't achieve anything because there's no clearly defined goal or strategy or endgame. It won't end the civil war in Syria, it probably won't dissuade Assad from brutally repressing the rebels, and it certainly won't effect regime change. Any similar response to a declaration from Tehran that they were on the verge of a uranium enrichment breakthrough...for instance...would probably only make the Iranians decide to redouble their efforts at acquiring nukes.