2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bring Assad to justice. Don't kill innocent civilians! [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Your choice, Putin. I think if this were frames around war crime prosecution as the first choice there would be a great deal of support in the Congress, the American people, and neighboring nations.
That would be very difficult for Putin to oppose.
See http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/09/06/syria-assad-icc-criminal-court.html
This is the right way to do it. Give the war crimes process a chance to work. if that fails, then mobilize a multi-national force to go in militarily and take Assad out -- IF there is clear cut proof that he ordered the chemical attacks.
Why are they not doing this? It has little to do with Russia. It is more about:
1) This is really just a pretense for getting a better military foothold against Iran on behalf of Israel.
2) They are afraid they wouldn't be able to prove the charges in a court where evidence can be challenged.