I agree with you, we seem to go in to one country after another....no end in sight
I think we have enough to worry about right here at home - right now.
I don't like the direction this seems to be heading.
No more devils advocate...I agree. This is very sad but these ppl are not fight ing for anything good, there is no moral ground on either side, just sectari an warring
I think if we go barreling head first into this it could end up being another world war and one that will alter life for all on the planet. This is a civil war, no one, not Russia nor the US nor Iran have any business taking sides. And once you unseat the leader? No end game either. We already have a stand off with
russia over us entering the game. When does it cease to become about syria and their civil war and more about two super powers facing off with Iran in the middle which I belive are allys with Russia (correct me if Im wrong). I know very little about the working of all of this but my gut says hell no, leave it alone or provide humanitarian aid like we have been doing.
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Abdullah-Jordan-ready-to-fight-any-threat-from-Syria-316696
'Jordanian King says Jordan can protect itself from Syrian war spillover "if the world does not help as it should."'
Jordan is a moderate country and more of a democracy than any of the other nations in the region.
Playing devil's advocate here. Right now I agree with you guys but I have a deep unease about it all.
'Putin criticized the U.S. decision to arm the rebel forces Sunday in comments to reporters, citing a video supposedly showing a rebel fighter eating the heart of a dead soldier. “Do you want to support these people? Do you want to supply arms to these people?” Putin asked, characterizing the rebels as those “who kill their enemies and eat their organs.” '
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Powerful piece of propaganda. They could as well have been Hezbollah soldiers doing that.
Put aside for a moment Bush's lies about Iraq and the U.S. history of arming the people who end up using our weapons against us Put aside for a moment our disastrous economy and the fact that we cannot afford to be involved in a war.
Some very important arguments that have convinced me that we should not intervene...but for the sake of discussion put it aside for a minute.
There is a country that is experiencing a civil war. This country is lead by a brutal but very intelligent leader. It is not about suppressing his own people (not to mention gassing them) it is part of a larger powerplay with other countries in the region for domination of the Middle East and beyond. What I want to know is what is Russia's motivation here? They are *not* humanitarians...there is something in it for them and I really want to know what.
With the victory of Assad, what will the dynamics be? Will the West really be unaffected?
Yeah, I want to leave it alone and hope for the best, I don't really see a good outcome either way.
What I am saying though is what is happening right now in Syria is not an isolated movement, I believe it will lead to a much more serious global crisis even if we stay out of it.
I think Putin is mostly right on this. From an historical stand point, I am trying to remember someone we 'armed" that we didn't have to go deal with later. I'm sure there are a couple, but it just seems to me that we aren't learning some lessons that we need to be learning when it comes to issues like this.
Assad for the most part is just a figurehead, it's really his 'tribe' that is the government of the country. NOT Assad. Replacing him with another Alawite really doesn't change anything.
THAT is the point actually that Putin is making and it's a valid one. The US has no right to determine who is the government of that country. Nor does Russia.
Ya know, I never did think I would agree with Putin bout anything, but in this case I think he makes some valid points and I would hope that our pres listens to we the people and not the idiots pounding the drums of war. Regardless, Obama has stated that we are not taking sides in this, but merely trying to unseat Assad and not the entire government there. Well when you got Russia on one end of the spectrum and us on the other and we are both helping the different factions, how is that NOT taking sides? 70 percent of the people are saying NO!
That man has the weight of the world on his shoulders...It's not being President...regardless of party lines....