The End Result is as Important as the Initial Attack

   Will be true, if we go to war, that we do it to make good on our word -- or on President Obama's word --  that chemical weapons were a red line Bashar Assad was not to cross.
    But, we will also be going to war to make a statement that lives count, that the 1,400 lives lost (or however many) mean something. Now, if lives are a value that brings you to war, they should be a value that guides you in that war. You should have an eye towards what the end result will be. Will it bring an environment where more people are endangered, or an environment of peace, with a stable government? We should be conscious of the risk of killing innocents during our attack, and seek to avoid it, for how do you right the death of 1,400 by accidentally and incidentally killing some more?
   I read with interest today an article suggesting Israel does not want Bashar Assad dethrowned. they fear the unknown devil that might come, more than the one already there.
   We, too, should consider what might follow, should we remove Assad.