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The situation in Syria

The problem starts with being the dominant world power. A world power is expected to and will police other countries, especially ones that are perceived to be more radical than others. President Obama has been attempting to avoid any action against Syria for well over a year now; however, the British and French are now putting extreme pressure on the United States to take some type of military action. While I do think America should not take any action against the Syrian government, there is also little choice. If the United States does not take military action in some form they will lose respect and policy influence in the middle east. In contrast, a military strike would likely start another war (mind you, against a nation that has Russian support) and would not really accomplish too much. I think the solution would be to tell the British and French: "So you are appalled by the use of chemical weapons in Syria and think something should be done, right? You advise the best course of action is a military strike against the Syrian's communications and weapons, right? Stop being vagina's and expecting the United States to do this for you. Put on your big boy pants and do that shit yourself. After all, how many troops did either of you have compared to the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq? Exactly..."

Alas, the British nor the French will take any military action without the United States doing so first and taking the lead. Why? Because we are the world power and it is expected of us.
 
In the 90's, I was in the Army but lucky (or unlucky?) to be deployed to any conflicts. Nowadays, I wish we don't get involved in "their war". We lose a lot of lives for them, and I don't think they even appreciate it.
 
Leave them to be, let them destroy their own country.
If the US gets involved in this, we will be the losers because lives will be lost, especially if chemicals are involved.
Let the EU deal with it, since they are closer.
The US just finished the war in Iraq and trying to finish the war in Afghanistan, we don't need another war to bring down the economy.
Wars are expensive, another war will bring this country to the brink.

The less the US gets involved in other peoples business, the better will be for this nation.

With that said, I am a humanitarian, it's awful what's happening there, I am sure one day these bastards will get what they deserve in hell, hopefully hell exists for them. What they are doing is wrong, women and children are dying.
 
The Sad Zealot said:
You really should pay attention to this type of stuff! This country was founded with the assumption that the citizenry would at least TRY to stay informed. :p

The problem is, at this point do you think Batman could watch all of NY or CA? How many more middle east countries should we get involved with? I'm not saying that the US should have an isolationist policy, but there comes a point where you just let two different groups of people that both hate your guts to kill each other. Our soldiers are important too.... and what would they be fighting for, and who would they be helping?
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You should have said, "Riddle me this"..sigh..
 
my personal opinion is that we've had enough war. we've overthrown enough governments. we need to start fixing the problems at home. this war stuff is just a waste of everything, especially American lives. we have nothing really to gain from getting involved with this one. at least not that the public is aware of.

then i also see it this way, if we do it people are gonna be mad and people are gonna be happy. if we dont do it, same thing. if we do though, we will cause a big spike in deaths but overall it may save more innocent lives in the long run. i hate the idea of policing the world but sometimes people need to be stood up for, its hard to say what is truly the right answer. there is so many implications and variables. what if iran does attack israel over it, that basically drags us into stomping iran, where does it end. maybe our government doesnt want it to end, maybe they do have some savage conquest going on here. maybe they are hoping if they kill all the shitty dictators and try and prop up some form of a democracy that all these countries will unite and possibly benefit the planet. then theres the religious insanity which is where all of this crap is rooted with these countries and their governments and citizens. sunni and shia and you can just go on and on forever back and forth, what is the right choice? i say stop all of it. no one can fuck with us so why waste the time.

 
The whole middle east is a powder keg right now. One strike on the match...Boom! It will literally all go to Hell in a handbasket. Question is do we want to get involved when we're already engaged in 2 major conflicts? Guess what boys and girls, Iraq is not quite over. The sectarian violence now is approaching the levels during the war.
 
benson is right. everything is so volatile on every front. we've already spent a decade occupying and pissing everyone off accomplishing nothing. its the biggest canundrum ever...
 
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