Straight up or down: Do you support U.S. strikes against Assad's forces in Syria?

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96. No. You have to actually read the reports

They say what they actually say, not what you want them to say.

The British PM was forced to acknowledge that we don't know if Assad ordered the attack. As in personally issued the order.

The Syrian government carried out the attack. Doubt about Assad's personal orders doesn't change that.

The difference would be important if we were talking about a trial at the Hague, but we're talking about a strike against the Syrian government. It doesn't matter which entity within that government ordered the chemical weapon attack.

This is insand, we are told we are fighting a WOT against Al Queda, now we are planning to go in and help Al Queda.

Doing nothing will show the Syrian government they have nothing to fear from using chemical weapons. So they will use them to put down the rebellion.

The point of the strike is not to eliminate the Syrian government. It's to show them that chemical attacks are not worth it, so that the WMD genie is put back in the bottle. Limited airstrikes are the least-bad option to accomplish that.