Ontopic Syria
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eileenbunny
Druish Princess
I agree but why are we so concerned with this instance of treating people horribly? There's lots of that going on all over the world. Why not intervene in Sudan, Yemen, Myanmar or Burma or whatever the hell they like to be called, or North Korea? Or better yet, why not start at home where we have 1 in 5 children living without enough to eat? We have prisons where the conditions are abysmal and prisoners who haven't seen a courtroom. Sure we aren't gassing people to death, but I'd say before we start worrying about what's happening halfway around the world, shouldn't we make sure our shit smells like roses first?
This.
Not yet, but I love a good conspiracy theory. I'd like to hear them.
True but there are things on both sides that make me think, "Hang on a second!". Like the Syrian Rebels arrested in Turkey with Sarin gas back in May. Or Israel wanting to create 10 mile buffer zone inside Syria, back in Jan/Feb.
It's all hearsay.
There is no Syria. it's a country invented by the CIA to distract the American people from domestic problems. Any footage you see is actually of Iraq from 30 years ago.
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
Lose lose situation
But on balance I'm not a fan of tyrannical leaders who genocide their own people
But on balance I'm not a fan of tyrannical leaders who genocide their own people
No. That's like saying a DA can't prosecute any more crimes if they are having marital problems at home. Having the ability to punitively strike Syria for mudering thousands of its own citizens has nothing to do with people being unemployed and/or hungry in Kentucky, or prisoners languishing in holding cells without speedy trial. The two things have nothing to do with each other.
The US has the ability to launch missiles or drop bombs on Syrian government installations. Right now. And it should do so. Most of the world has agreed that weapons of mass destruction are to be proactively discouraged, and their indiscriminate use punished. And yet we're sitting around coming up with reasons to not care. Why? This isn't about policing the world, it's about upholding long-established tenets regarding the preservation of humanity from genocide. We learned a lot about justice and breaking points in the first 50 years of the 20th century. Those lessons shouldn't be any less applicable today.
Patriotism and nationalism are what cause these sorts of problems in the first place. This isn't about Americans before Syrians. Nor should it be. It's about people. If the Syrian government is going to quell unrest with lethal chemicals, then it should be quelled with fire. For humanity's sake.