Damascus residents 'hold their breath' as strike looms

 "Two-and-a-half years since the start of the uprising, and with more than 100,000 Syrians killed, many people in Syria want to see an end to the violence."

 I'm not sure anybody is going to admit to wanting it to continue. The question is, what will stop it?

 I won't hold you in suspense. The answer is (a) arm the rebels. Anyone who answered (b) preventing American airstrikes, needs to stay after class.

 I was thinking earlier about what the "hands off Syria" people claim is going to happen. How many people do they think are going to be killed, and how many of those civilians. Will they be using depleted uranium and white phosphorous? If the answers to these question are not very many or none, but you're saying that is a slippery slope, can you tell me exactly how they are going to get from the airstrikes to full-scale war? If it is the principle of the thing, can you you explain to Syrians why your principles are more important than their lives?