That's a really good question. What we know is that this bombing of ours led to Assad to continue bombing and killing from the same airbase in order to show violent strength. This is the same pattern we have seen since the beginning of this violent civil war. It is crystal clear that this methodology has created enormous direct and "collateral damage" (over 300,000 killed, 5 million refugees, 7 mill. IDP's. I'm not sure how one can argue that this is "effective."

If everyone jumped in, it would create what is called a Nonviolent Moment, where there is a very clear difference between the side with violence/injustice and the more nonviolent side. As it did with Gandhi and the British at the Dharsana salt mines, this would put Assad and his supporters such as Russia in a situation where any additional violent attacks would seriously damage their moral legitimacy, perhaps to the point where not only would there be increased international pressure but also likely internal pressure.