Rhodes: ‘Not Intended to Resolve the Underlying Political Crisis Within Syria’

thefreelioness:

In a briefing with the press, deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes said that any military strike on Syria would be a response to chemical weapons—and would ‘not [intend] to resolve the underlying political crisis within Syria.’ Instead, ‘the underlying political crisis within Syria’ would be dealt with diplomatically, he said. 

So we’re just bombing them as punishment.  They’re no longer even pretending it would help the Syrians.  Our government believes that more violence is the most appropriate response to violence.