Donald Trump on attacking syria for gas attacks

I would like to accept your challenge, But would like to first establish my opinion on the matter. Donald trumps action in Syria was the incorrect course of action, This is because I believe that it fails to accomplish any of its objectives and seeks only to aggravate relations with the Syrian government and its allies in Russia. There were two courses of action: hard action or soft action. soft action would have been sanctions condemnation and other actions which avoid direct confrontation. Hard action would have been to actively seek out and destroy the chemical weapon stockpiles of the regime, In order to be done effectively it would require long term commitment of recourses and perhaps even ground troops. Trumps action manages to avoid either of these solutions by attacking Syrian military stations. This is the equivalent to a rap on the knuckles of the regime and while it caused pain it is simply not enough to ensure that Syria will not use these weapons again and would not change the course of the war in the favour of the US supported rebels. However by launching these strikes, Trump has become a wasp irritating Syria and Russia but it sends a very ambiguous message which fails to be firm enough in its wording to actually change their actions. By this point the US (esspesialy under Trump) has consistently failed to set it selves a objective, ISIS has finally been stamped out leaving Donald trump a man with no political experience in the middle of a political minefield with no end game surrounded by enemies who have been planning for years. Donald trumps attacks were just another blind step further into a mess and more than likely prolongs the war without doing enough to change its course if that is Trumps goal. There are only two ways this war can now end: one: the Syrian government wins very little changes from before Assad remains in power with all of the problems that lead to the war, More likely than not continuing to inspire hostilities and terrorism from democratic revolutionaries, Kurdish fighters and Islamist militants. By this stage the US only needs to continue its current strategy to reach this outcome. The regime has always been autocratic and totalitarian if this was about protecting the people of Syria this would be a bad outcome but it would accomplish peace far sooner and would be better than a prolonged war. two: The rebels win. I say the rebels but they are divided and by this point the USA would have to more likely than not invade to see this outcome into fruition thousands of US soldiers would die but a western friendly government would be installed and the dictatorship would end. However, There is no guarantee that this wouldn't go the same way as Afghanistan and it would bring the US into a risky confrontation with Russia. You see now that ISIS is gone there is no morally correct or easy choice, And to enter this mess without a plan is suicide, Not for the US but for millions of civilians and soldiers. If everything I have said seems irrelevant I would argue that it is, Because the middle east is not a simple question and solution, Years of religious divide, Political and military investment and history are about to come to a conclusion and the US doesn't want to be there when it does. In conclusion, It was wrong to bomb Syria because it serves no end and fails to prevent such actions in the future. Trump simply lacks the ability to match the Russians or the Iranians on the geopolitical field and as such it serves US interests to seek a conclusion as soon as possible, A conclusion which can only be found in the same Syrian government they are bombing. As such it would have been far better to place sanctions on the government, Or even better join the many lawyers gathering evidence to take Assad to trial at the Hague for war crimes, In this way the future use of chemical weapons will be discouraged, And Assad will more likely than not either end up in prison for the rest of his short life (sadly as he is on the winning side it will be many years before he could be arrested, He may never be) or he will hang like the Nazis did. Regardless of if he is caught Assad and the officials of the regime will never be able to truly leave Syria and will live in fear for the rest of their lives, A fate awful enough to discourage future chemical attacks while still ending the war and maintaining good relations with Russia and other involved nations. Trumps actions was bad enough to make a problem but not enough to fix one.