Why Attack Syria?

s President Barack Obama makes the case for military intervention by the United States in response to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, Americans and many others around the world are asking what the objective should be. Is the purpose of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/humanitarian-versus-punitive-purposes-in-military-interventions-by-robert-howse-and-ruti-teitel#TEuehl3KCCsEgyW1.99

NEW YORK – As President Barack Obama makes the case for military intervention by the United States in response to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, Americans and many others around the world are asking what the objective should be. Is the purpose of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/humanitarian-versus-punitive-purposes-in-military-interventions-by-robert-howse-and-ruti-teitel#TEuehl3KCCsEgyW1.99

NEW YORK – As President Barack Obama makes the case for military intervention by the United States in response to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, Americans and many others around the world are asking what the objective should be. Is the purpose of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/humanitarian-versus-punitive-purposes-in-military-interventions-by-robert-howse-and-ruti-teitel#TEuehl3KCCsEgyW1.99

NEW YORK – As President Barack Obama makes the case for military intervention by the United States in response to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, Americans and many others around the world are asking what the objective should be. Is the purpose of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/humanitarian-versus-punitive-purposes-in-military-interventions-by-robert-howse-and-ruti-teitel#TEuehl3KCCsEgyW1.99

NEW YORK – As President Barack Obama makes the case for military intervention by the United States in response to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, Americans and many others around the world are asking what the objective should be. Is the purpose of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/humanitarian-versus-punitive-purposes-in-military-interventions-by-robert-howse-and-ruti-teitel#TEuehl3KCCsEgyW1.99

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