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I wasn't aware that our objective was to destroy Assad's chemical weapons capability. If it was, I suspect we failed. My impression was that our objective was to send a message. We did send a message, whether strong enough, we'll see. Personally, if we're going to make the threat, establish a red line so to speak, we should either destroy his capabilities in totality, or confine ourselves to non military solutions. Which no, won't be totally effective.
I would have settled for degrading their capabilities somewhat, thereby proving that Assad and Russia lied to Barry and Lurch, because the weapons were there to degrade. Just lobbing a few missiles in their general direction is not enough of a “message” imho.