3 Questions Regarding Our Bombing of Syria

News Image By Michael Brown/Ask Dr Brown April 18, 2018
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From the right, President Trump received a barrage of criticism.

In the midst of a profanity-laden, deeply emotional response, Alex Jones of Infowars said, "I just feel like I just had my best girlfriend break up with me."

On Fox News, both Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson were critical, with Ingraham asking, "But what do we really accomplish here tonight in Syria? This is not why Donald Trump got elected."

Michael Savage even took a break from dinner to livestream his comments, stating, "My opinion is that this is the greatest disaster of the Trump presidency."

But Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, writing for the Jerusalem Post, took strong exception to Trump's critics.



But that was then. "Now, we have witnessed President Donald Trump attack Syria for the second time in about a year because the Butcher of Damascus is using outlawed chemical weapons to exterminate his people. Assad is a vile man, and if the words 'Never Again' are to have meaning, then the civilized world must destroy his capacity for gassing children or lose moral credibility."

What are we to make of this? Why are some Trump supporters outraged with the president's actions? Why are others coming to his defense?


I asked, "If you voted for Trump, are you pleased or upset over our bombing of Syria?" On Facebook, as of this writing, votes were running at 78 percent (pleased) to 22 percent (upset). On Twitter, where I could post a third option, votes were running at 48 percent (pleased), 23 percent (upset), and 29% (neutral).





At the same time, it's not unreasonable to ask: What's the larger strategy? How does this comport with getting our troops out of Syria? And do we have a long-term plan regarding removing Bashar Assad?



So, what's the story here? What's our long-term strategy, and how does the bombing fit in with that?


It's one thing for Russia to deny this. It's another thing for a conservative Christian website in England to cite the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in questioning the attack. 

According to the UK's Christian Voice, the OPCW "gave Barzah a comprehensive all-clear only last month. Allied aircraft also targeted the Jamrayah (or 'Jamraya' or 'Dummar') site west of Damascus. The facility was also cleared by OPCW."

The Christian Voice goes as far as claiming that, "The UK, US and France bombed the Barzah research site near Damascus in Syria knowing full well it had no chemical weapons."

I certainly hope this is not true, but it's only fair to ask: Did we get this right? Are we sure?

3) Why draw the line with chemical weapons?

This is more of a general question, but I have often wondered about this. Why do we allow certain acts of war to take place, including dropping bombs and launching missiles and firing endless rounds of ammunition, but we don't allow the use of chemical or biological weapons? 


To be clear, I am not minimizing the horror of chemical warfare. I'm only asking: Why react to this specific horror while not reacting to hundreds of other horrors? 



Originally published at AskDrBrown.org - reposted with permission.

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