Because he's barbaric. This is not the first time. Hundreds of thousands had already been killed the last time it happened.
Gas attack in Syria kills dozens: US forces launch strike on Shayrat Airbase in Homs (4+ dead)
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MVike28
right around the ACC
Give the benefit of the doubt to a regime that murdered hundreds of thousands of their citizens brehs.
This talking point is popular among all of you. It's a joke.
thatrapsfan
Superstar
Yes I'm sure Assad gives a fukk about the people of rebel-held Idlib. He has a long track record of compassion with citizens who oppose him.
MVike28
right around the ACC
breh the absolute ignorance being displayed in here.
TLR posters punching above their weight. Brehs never even heard of Syria until 2 years ago and trying to sum up the conflict in 2-3 lame repetitive talking points.
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
I never denied that Assad undertook chemical attacks against civilians
However, you refuse to acknowledge Western propaganda efforts to pull the US into a war in Syria - at your own peril too.
Moreover, America is funding/supporting Al Qaeda in Syria
In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA
Arming Syrian rebels: Where the US went wrong - BBC News
Stop being a lackey
Fake tears by a lot of people talking about "but trump was so emotional in his speech that's my president 
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thatrapsfan
Superstar
I never denied that Assad undertook chemical attacks against civilians
However, you refuse to acknowledge Western propaganda efforts to pull the US into a war in Syria - at your own peril too.
Moreover, America is funding/supporting Al Qaeda in Syria
In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA
Arming Syrian rebels: Where the US went wrong - BBC News
Stop being a lackey
You've speculated the chemical attack could've come from rebels multiple times throughout this thread.
This is more loose yarns being tied together to fit into a grand narrative. The U.S. tried to arm vetted rebels and the program was largely a failure. They were overpowered and never gained much credibility. Post-2013, the U.S.'s policy was by and large focused on fighting ISIS while dividing spheres of influence with Russia and avoiding direct confrontation with the regime. You cannot seriously believe the U.S.'s main policy intent was regime change under Obama? The CIA programs budget and support pales in comparison to hundreds of billions spent on ISIS airstrikes, arming YPG, and putting special forces on the ground. The U.S. definitively did not want to get pulled into a war with Assad under Obama. Whether this changes now who knows. I suspect that it wont and the big picture is fixed.
The sad thing is you cant make a principled argument for non-intervention that acknowledges: the Assad Regimes nature, that international intervention is already happening and focused on ISIS as well as propping up Syrian regime, and that the U.S. has largely been trying its best to avoid confrontation with the Russia or the regime.
thatrapsfan
Superstar
Is there proof out there that the Syrian government actually attacked its own people? If so, what is it?
I see a lot of jumping to conclusions.
I see a lot of jumping to conclusions.
thatrapsfan
Superstar
2,978
Minimum Civilians Estimated Killed by Coalition in Syria
Airwars – Home
Civilian death toll ( by coalitions reporting) of the Anti-ISIS campaign. People are implicitly OK with this since there is no outrage or protests over the anti-ISIS campaign.
Yet a single strike hitting an airport hangar has the moral arbiters riled up. It seems even they accept the use of force and civilian death tolls in international interventions is OK, as long as the government in question is left alone
Minimum Civilians Estimated Killed by Coalition in Syria
Airwars – Home
Civilian death toll ( by coalitions reporting) of the Anti-ISIS campaign. People are implicitly OK with this since there is no outrage or protests over the anti-ISIS campaign.
Yet a single strike hitting an airport hangar has the moral arbiters riled up. It seems even they accept the use of force and civilian death tolls in international interventions is OK, as long as the government in question is left alone
They saying the Russians bombed the hospital to try and hide evidence of gas
And some of those strikes killed Syrian soldiers right?7,912
American coalition Strikes in Syria to date
1 out of 7,912 strikes will have brehs waving picket signs and marching at stop the war rallies