Add to the scenario....almost 2 MILLION refugees from Syria in the region.....over 700,000 to Turkey alone (another brewing crisis here).
We are told that poverty, desperation, etc breeds terrorists and terrorism so if you look at the map in the link, you can almost see the area that WILL flare up.
Stories from Syrian Refugees
I am personally torn about all of this. I want to say, let them figure it out, but I also know we have serious interests in the Middle East and can't. I want to say bombs away, but, in my opinion that will make it worse.
I guess for the last years we have ignored Egypt, Libya, Syria, etc thus the problem is magnified.
We should all pray that our elected officials do not make this discussion political and understand ALL ramifications. And pray they all of a sudden, in lieu of pure politics, get wisdom.
I do not feel confident. A lot of what I hear is sounding partisan. This issue, addressed a year or so ago instead of...well..whatever, but it is now even more multi faceted and complex. I keep saying, to me, an important issue is determining exactly who are these rebels. ANY action will help them....although since we are already supplying some arms to them,let us hope we have identified them.