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Originally Posted by quirky3
I worry that if the US decides to take unilateral action independent of the United Nations, it can intensify the negative feelings that already exist (both ways) between middle eastern countries and the US, and darken the feelings of people who have been moderates in the past. It could prolong and enlarge the cycle of frustrations, and give both sides more fuel for feeling justified in future aggression.
I don't know if you read the pope's advice, but I thought it was good.
“To the leaders present at the G2, to each and every one, I make a heartfelt appeal for them to help find ways to overcome the conflicting positions and to lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution,” Francis wrote.
“Confronted with similar acts one cannot remain silent, and the Holy See hopes that the competent institutions make clear what happened and that those responsible face justice,”
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What you say is great, and possible a few years ago, but our foreign policy has been pretty confusing and incoherent in the Mideast. The assumption by our foreign policy that we can talk anyone into anything is not working.
This situation has been allowed to get out of control. As an example,there were threads started on this TOTV about Syria. Pretty much ignored by everyone here, which is not significant,but I bring it up to make a point.
We have ignored all of it, and this morning heard two military "experts" on CNN refer to the last few weeks and our policy in the region as "embarrassing" to the country. We, with our naive and arrogant know it all attitude, are/have backed our country into a corner.
We are talking about these chemical strikes, yet the admin has mislead the country, spent time and still do trying to ignore the killing of a USA ambassador. More time was spent on the POLITICAL ramifications of that attack on a US embassy that on this Syrian situation.
The Holy Father is on the right track. I was for simply backing our president, but watching the last weeks antics, I have changed my mind. He will not be embarrassed...it will be someone else's fault.