The crisis in Syria is a slippery slope; it’s a complex civil war with several militia, not coordinated, and none of the factions are America-friendly. Some say that there are no good guys in the fight. So folks ask, Why U.S.? Why should we act? Secretary of State Kerry answered that: “We are the indispensable nation!” Marco Rubio echoed that sentiment, “We are the most powerful and inspirational country ever”; it’s on us to set the world standard. President Obama said, “The world looks to us to see what we will do”. And he stated regarding credibility, “I didn’t set a red line, the world community set the red line”; when 184 countries joined a chemical weapons ban convention in 1925. Bashar al-Assad’s latest atrocities, killing over 1400 civilians (426 children) in deadly chemical attacks, scream out for correction! John Kerry told Senate leaders, who voted and passed the Syria authorization, that “limited, targeted action is in our national security interests — to deter and degrade Assad’s capacity to continue to use chemical weapons with impunity”. I’m inclined to agree. The Arab Spring has indeed blossomed with poisonous fruits. ********************************* And the refugee problem has strained the neighboring countries to their limits, with hundreds of thousands of starving and wounded refugees streaming into Jordan, Egypt, Libya and Turkey. The Repubs want to continue screaming about the four American diplomats, who lost their lives in Benghazi; those diplomats volunteered knowing they could die in that territory. There was no conspiracy. It was American heroes putting themselves in dangerous posts to try to make this world a better place, and “people with minds who hate” that murdered them. By the way, getting really tired of all the Right-wing trolls who keep taking out of context Hillary Clinton’s statement, “What does it matter now?” That was in response to a question she was being badgered with, and columnists keep using that phase as if it sums up her total response to the whole Benghazi situation. It’s so deceitful! ……………… Assad launched a deadly chemical attack on August 21 against rebel-held suburbs in Damascus, and I think many minds were changed from previous opinions on entering this fray, by the images of row upon row of precious DEAD children. President Obama is gaining support for a targeted strike against some of Assad’s military bases and weapons arsenals. It would help if we could convince Russia to quit selling chemical weaponry to Syria; and if God would just take all the bad guys up “in a rapture” for the rest of us……………. Of course, it wouldn’t matter at all to the Obama haters, what Obama did or didn’t do, they criticize him either way and try to make justifications for their “minds that hate”. It would be great if they could give him credit for some of the good things he has done, but of course, they don’t see any. President Obama is smart to take the question to Congress; let it be on their heads. They are viewing all the intelligence reports, which we are told, are way better intel than was given for justifying invading Iraq. And our current administration is NOT talking about putting “boots on the ground” in Syria. Saudi Arabia has supposedly said they would foot the bill for our action, since we’re their “rent an army”, when other Arabs need to be taken out because Arabs supposedly have a problem with killing other Arabs (that’s the rationale)…………. Well, I say it’s good they will at least pay the bill for the strike they deem necessary in the region!
Sep 7 2013
Would you support a military strike against Syria as a response to its use of chemical weapons? Explain.
The crisis in Syria is a slippery slope; it’s a complex civil war with several militia, not coordinated, and none of the factions are America-friendly. Some say that there are no good guys in the fight. So folks ask, Why U.S.? Why should we act? Secretary of State Kerry answered that: “We are the indispensable nation!” Marco Rubio echoed that sentiment, “We are the most powerful and inspirational country ever”; it’s on us to set the world standard. President Obama said, “The world looks to us to see what we will do”. And he stated regarding credibility, “I didn’t set a red line, the world community set the red line”; when 184 countries joined a chemical weapons ban convention in 1925. Bashar al-Assad’s latest atrocities, killing over 1400 civilians (426 children) in deadly chemical attacks, scream out for correction! John Kerry told Senate leaders, who voted and passed the Syria authorization, that “limited, targeted action is in our national security interests — to deter and degrade Assad’s capacity to continue to use chemical weapons with impunity”. I’m inclined to agree. The Arab Spring has indeed blossomed with poisonous fruits. ********************************* And the refugee problem has strained the neighboring countries to their limits, with hundreds of thousands of starving and wounded refugees streaming into Jordan, Egypt, Libya and Turkey. The Repubs want to continue screaming about the four American diplomats, who lost their lives in Benghazi; those diplomats volunteered knowing they could die in that territory. There was no conspiracy. It was American heroes putting themselves in dangerous posts to try to make this world a better place, and “people with minds who hate” that murdered them. By the way, getting really tired of all the Right-wing trolls who keep taking out of context Hillary Clinton’s statement, “What does it matter now?” That was in response to a question she was being badgered with, and columnists keep using that phase as if it sums up her total response to the whole Benghazi situation. It’s so deceitful! ……………… Assad launched a deadly chemical attack on August 21 against rebel-held suburbs in Damascus, and I think many minds were changed from previous opinions on entering this fray, by the images of row upon row of precious DEAD children. President Obama is gaining support for a targeted strike against some of Assad’s military bases and weapons arsenals. It would help if we could convince Russia to quit selling chemical weaponry to Syria; and if God would just take all the bad guys up “in a rapture” for the rest of us……………. Of course, it wouldn’t matter at all to the Obama haters, what Obama did or didn’t do, they criticize him either way and try to make justifications for their “minds that hate”. It would be great if they could give him credit for some of the good things he has done, but of course, they don’t see any. President Obama is smart to take the question to Congress; let it be on their heads. They are viewing all the intelligence reports, which we are told, are way better intel than was given for justifying invading Iraq. And our current administration is NOT talking about putting “boots on the ground” in Syria. Saudi Arabia has supposedly said they would foot the bill for our action, since we’re their “rent an army”, when other Arabs need to be taken out because Arabs supposedly have a problem with killing other Arabs (that’s the rationale)…………. Well, I say it’s good they will at least pay the bill for the strike they deem necessary in the region!
By spiritspeak • Community Roundtable, Politics 0