in large civilian casualties ( Amnesty International , September 2016resultedin large civilian casualties ( Amnesty International , September 2016
death or harmto causedeath or harm
no more of an American responseto provokeno more of an American response
no more of an American response than Assadto provokeno more of an American response than Assad
in a military responsewould resultin a military response
a U.S. missile strikeprovokeda U.S. missile strike
to a wide - scale regional warcould leadto a wide - scale regional war
missile attackspromptedmissile attacks
to U.S. strikeswould leadto U.S. strikes
to the death of hundreds of civilian Syriansledto the death of hundreds of civilian Syrians
a military response by the U.S. , a threat that was not enforced a year laterwould prompta military response by the U.S. , a threat that was not enforced a year later
to a serious response from the international communitywould leadto a serious response from the international community
the loss of human life and suffering(passive) caused bythe loss of human life and suffering
in the United States responding to the actionwould resultin the United States responding to the action
with the Assad regimeoriginatedwith the Assad regime
military action by the United Stateswould promptmilitary action by the United States
American retaliationwould provokeAmerican retaliation
in American retaliationwould resultin American retaliation
so fardiscoveredso far
in French retaliationwill resultin French retaliation
to callshas ledto calls
the loss of many innocent livescausedthe loss of many innocent lives
President TrumppromptedPresident Trump
last weekpromptedlast week
the intended targetto discoverthe intended target
a strengthening of the earlier prohibitions in the form of the 1925 Geneva Protocolprompteda strengthening of the earlier prohibitions in the form of the 1925 Geneva Protocol
public opinionto influencepublic opinion
the U.S. strikespromptedthe U.S. strikes
in " the mass murder of civilians , including innocent childrenwould ... resultin " the mass murder of civilians , including innocent children