I am appalled by the crime of the gas attack. I am not persuaded Assad is the thug to blame for it, and I am appalled at the cruise missile strike debacle too. Don't fall for the politician's fallacy: "Something must be done, and we are doing something, so therefore we are doing what must be done."

Don't confuse skepticism for pacifism. I am a non-aggressionist, not a pacifist, but that requires a far higher degree of certainty before action to avoid compounding one crime by committing another.

Let's set aside my anarchistic opposition to all governmental aggression though, and I'll put on my minarchist dunce cap for a moment. A missile strike against a sovereign nation is an act of war. Trump committed an act of war without Congressional approval. The UN was created specifically to address matters such as this gas attack, and no investigation has been made by any official channels. The US intel community is notorious for going off half-cocked in an effort to in the blame on someone. This strike is inexcusable.

EDIT
How timely. @badquakerdotcom just re-posted a series of podcasts on the history of US wars, describing how every single one was sold to the public through lies and propaganda to excuse governmental aggression.