A Case for Not Bombing Syria

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

So if I'm clear, killing 100's of thousands of people, mostly civilians and children with guns and bombs is totally cool, but gassing them is what is keeping Obama up all night.

2 years into this and now he needs to preempt "The Bachelor - Funniest Moments" to plead his case?! Has he no shame?!!

Maybe that's why we haven't intervened in Africa yet - no nerve gas. Makes complete sense now.

yeah, apparently bombs are civilized. why it matter how one dies when caught in crossfire is beyond me.
their civil war has gone on for years, we don't need to get involved. do i feel bad for the innocent victims? yes, just like i do for innocent victims everywhere else. but how this is somehow involving our national security is beyond me. what tests does it meet that other areas of the world don't?

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, apparently bombs are civilized. why it matter how one dies when caught in crossfire is beyond me.
their civil war has gone on for years, we don't need to get involved. do i feel bad for the innocent victims? yes, just like i do for innocent victims everywhere else. but how this is somehow involving our national security is beyond me. what tests does it meet that other areas of the world don't?

Apparently we have drones that can sniff out coffee can-sized canisters of Sarin gas and obliterate them with sidewinder missiles without causing any damage or injury/death to civilians.

Then they can go back to killing each other the old fashioned way.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Apparently we have drones that can sniff out coffee can-sized canisters of Sarin gas and obliterate them with sidewinder missiles without causing any damage or injury/death to civilians.

Then they can go back to killing each other the old fashioned way.

hey, i saw the squidbillies episode with the drones.....they aren't as good as we think they are.

[Danzig]

http://news.msn.com/world/us-russia-...emical-weapons


deal reached!

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://news.msn.com/world/us-russia-...emical-weapons


deal reached!

Good start..

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Good start..

To what?

America has entered a twilight zone as citizens and the military awaken to the stark reality that the nation’s leaders are openly in bed with terrorists. The administration has scared off all of America’s friends except for a few wealthy Arab nations only interested in hiring our military.

Pretty much sums it up.

http://communities.washingtontimes.c...nd-al-zawahri/

[GenuineRisk]

Post by John Cole, balloon-juice's site owner.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/09/17/long-overdue-3/

Good stuff about the way media will spin things.

Cole, by the way, served in the first Iraq war, and used to be very, very right-wing (which is when I first started reading him).

EDIT: This is not to say that I generally love the US's foreign policy, as I don't. But I think the military industrial complex is bigger than any one person, unfortunately.