问题在于，如果巴沙尔继续认为他可以对他的人民为所欲为，只要不用化学武器杀戮他们就行，那么他会对反对派赶尽杀绝，杀掉所有俘虏，并惩罚整个社区，正如其父哈菲兹·阿萨德在1982年屠杀哈马（Hama）居民。
The problem is that if Assad continues to believe that he can do anything to his people except kill them with chemicals, he will exterminate his opponents, slaughtering everyone he captures and punishing entire communities, just as his father, Hafez al-Assad, massacred the residents of Hama in 1982.