The vast majority of Americans are not only fatigued from war. They are tired of being lied to and false choices. Lest one forget, NPR recently reported that in more than one instance Reagan tacitly supported its use with his inaction. In other words countries have looked the other way when its use did not directly affect them. While this may seem like an inhumane stance most times a political solution is the only solution that ultimately causes the least amount of deaths.

How is having a bomb explode with the shrapnel shredding muscles and bones in the legs humans any more inhumane than poisonous gas? How are millions of land mines that maim and kill any more humane? There are all kinds of killing that occur in war. They are all painful and inhumane. To go into a destabilizing military action helps neither America or the average Syrian citizen.

Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson gave the best perspective on this on “All In With Chris Hayes”. He lays out the flaw in making this use of chemical weapons the real red line.