strikes will not punish assad personally or effect regime change. it is said that america must act to prevent assad from using chemical weapons again. but it is unknown whether attacking assad encourages him or discourages him. it is equally likely that assad could feel cornered and resort to chemical weapons in an expanded fashion. it is equally likely that the bombing could destabilize assad and he could lose control of chemical weapons. the barack obama administration indicated that it would take 75,000 ground troops to secure the weapons and that they're prepared to do just that, despite the admonition against ground troops. the question must be asked would a u.s. bombing campaign make it more or less likely that assad loses control of the chemical weapons. the same question can be asked of a series of bad outcomes. would a u.s. bombing campaign