[Margaret Pilkington]

I think you have to go back to the meddling that was done by George Bush and Tony Blair.
They have a lot to answer for in the destabilisation of the Middle East.
I think it was hoped that Bashir Al-Assad would be a reformer, a moderniser of Syria.
The Middle East is a very complex political arena...and the conflict there goes way back.
It has been diplomatically mis-handled many times....the civil war has been ongoing for seven years, shows no signs of abating....and the involvement of Russia has made it even more problematic.

There are no easy solutions(if there are any solutions at all), but the use of chemical weapons(I think) had to be scrutinised and actioned by the wider global community.(hence the involvement of three countries)
It would have been better if it had been done under supervision/auspices of the United Nations Security Council...maybe it would have been seen as less provacative and inflammatory.

The message that Chemical weapons are unacceptable,needs to be heard...not that I think it will make one jot of difference to the Syrian Government or for that matter to Vladimir Putin and Russia.