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  The big question for me remains "who used chemical weapons?". It is clear someone did, on a large scale. That is the key issue and a military response against the perpetrators is necessary to make it clear their use will not be tolerated by the international community.
  
  I'm aware of the fractious nature of the rebels and the fact that some of them are as bad (or worse) than the Syrian government. If the intelligence suggests the Assad regime is responsible (which I think it will) then action must be taken against them and we'll have to hope we deal with the resulting events better than in Iraq. But that regime is going to fall one way or the other, eventually, so sooner the better in my view.
  
  Not keen on the suggestions in several posts that unless you are going into harm's way yourself you are not entitled to support military action. In that case we might as well have a military government. It is in fact an essential part of freedom that the decision to take such action be a civilian, political one.

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