08-30-2013, 01:25 PM
I'm opposed as well. To me, the "red line" of chemical warfare just isn't enough. Some of my favorite talking heads on the net are looking at it from the "We should have done something far before this", even if that something was just getting the two sides to the table, and they've brought up some interesting points about getting the rebels, who have ties to Hezbollah, and Al Qaida, to agree to peace in other regions of the world in exchange for support.
For me? I think we should just take a step back, and let this work itself out, unless other powers that be start meddling.
I'm not a huge fan of the US as the World Police, and I'm really not a fan of going into yet another country without clear objectives. It's not like we can go in and bomb the chem compounds to shit, and then walk away. Those are (according to the various news agency maps) in fairly high population areas.
The reason we are getting involved seems to be pretty simple. This is a smoldering fire, that people are lobbing bullets into. Eventually, one of those bullets is going to go off in the wrong direction, and someone is going to get really angry (as in: surrounding countries), and this could escalate. And...... the Grover Dill to our Scut Farkus (kudos to anyone who gets the ref) Ally Israel in the Middle East is a neighboring nation.
But, as I've said in a few other places a few other times, I'm rather isolationist in my foreign policy.
For me? I think we should just take a step back, and let this work itself out, unless other powers that be start meddling.
I'm not a huge fan of the US as the World Police, and I'm really not a fan of going into yet another country without clear objectives. It's not like we can go in and bomb the chem compounds to shit, and then walk away. Those are (according to the various news agency maps) in fairly high population areas.
The reason we are getting involved seems to be pretty simple. This is a smoldering fire, that people are lobbing bullets into. Eventually, one of those bullets is going to go off in the wrong direction, and someone is going to get really angry (as in: surrounding countries), and this could escalate. And...... the Grover Dill to our Scut Farkus (kudos to anyone who gets the ref) Ally Israel in the Middle East is a neighboring nation.
But, as I've said in a few other places a few other times, I'm rather isolationist in my foreign policy.
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