"There are lots of reasons why many of us who would like to punish the
Assad-family regime for its long history of anti-American and savage
and genocidal conduct fear the present course is unwise, not in
America’s interest, and dangerous — at least as it has so far been
articulated.
One of the most unwise things to do in war is to
preempt with the intention of merely wounding or humiliating an
adversary without any intention of following through with further
responses, or of ensuring that the attacked has little ability to
retaliate, or of being prepared for a long tit-for-tat sequence in which
the preemptor (i.e., us) has the upper hand. " [National Review]
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