Writing about attacking Syria is hard

Almost all the takes I've seen on this have been simplistic and generally wrong, or at least built on top of a set of assumptions that are, at best, unclear. I'm going to noodle at this for a bit.
( likely this is boring to most people, so I cut )

I think I understand the arguments for and against and I wish I felt it was easy to state a clear position but each lap around this mental track just further convinces me there is no easy answer. I can understand each side's position without agreeing to it, and I can become more convinced that those who think there's an obvious easy answer are wrong. But that's it, so far.