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Originally Posted by Bucco
Would love to here some opinions on this situation which is or at least seems to be spiraling out of control.
The door to door massacre is almost mind boggling just to think about.
I have no idea of what to do.....we threw the ambassador out of the country but as long as Russia (who has an arms shipment on the way to them) continues to support that terrible regime, and knowing that Syria is extremely closely allied with Iran, this situation is something that has to be addressed. So many dead innocent people !
Anyone have thoughts on this...to me, nothing is more important in the world right now ! If we sit still and Russia continues their support the killing there will continue ! If we intervene, there are serious risks which are evident as Iran has already sent troops to Syria to help President Bashar.
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There reaches a point--and we may have reached that point--beyond which no amount of altruism can justify getting involved in the internal affairs of another country. When I see the Europeans, the Russians, the Chinese, and even some if the other Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and yes, Iran, getting involved in slowing the brutal murder of innocents in Syria, that would be a condition for me to even begin to consider putting one American's life at risk. Unfortunately, it's been reported that both Russia and Iran are supporting the murderous regine in Damascus.
This is much the same as what happened in both Egypt and Libya. Sooner or later the residents of those countries will decide to become involved and overthrow their government/oppressors/murderers. That may be a totally unrealistic statement, particularly in the short term. In fact, it may never happen and Syria will continue as a murderous dictatorship. But virtually everyone else in the world is standing by and watching, particularly those who can better afford to become involved than the United States.
We have been at war in the Middle East for over a decade, killing off over 4,000 young Americans, maiming ten times that number, and contributing to bankrupting our country. All that for two countries who will take all that we will give them while expressing their disdain, even hatred for us. Even if we could afford the blood and treasure it would take to become involved in Syria--which politically and financially we can't--someone will have to convince me that we should.
Without getting too complicated, if we got involved militarily in Syria, fighting a proxy war against both Iran and Russia who are backing the Syrian regime and then Israel attacked Iran and a major regional war erupted putting the survival of Israel at risk, what would we do then? What
could we do then?