there. i look at it on three levels. on the one hand, i agree with that. it reduces the chance that someone else around the world or in syria will again use poison gas. doesn't eliminate it, but reduces it. that is an american strategy. don't want to see that used again. and whether it is a bad actor like russia or iran or north korea. and keeping them off balance is a good thing. what the attack doesn't do is increase our leverage in syria on the ground to forge the political settlement or power sharing agreement with assad and sunni muslims there. that is always the problem. you said someone made the point that the american people simply do not want to be involved on the ground in syria. they don't want to be involved