Ok. I think i might have come to my senses.

[darkangel218]

So UN hasn't decided yet on weather Assad is responsible for the chemical weapons attacks.

Majority of the people say no to war. I believe our officials should listen to the people ( even if myself for example disagrees with the majority)

Saudis are killing their own by crucifixion and beheading.
That's not much worse off than chemical weapons , is it

.....

[life long demo]

1. Thanks for your thoughts darkangel

I haven't made up my mind yet, and that fact bothers me. Chemical weapons used. That can't be allowed. But I think the war in Iraq was a mind changer for many people. A phony war where a lot of good people died for what? I also believe that if we hadn't gone to war in Iraq, the response to Syria would be different. Just haven't made up my mind.

[mazzarro]

3. Is White Phosphorus Munition Not A CW Even If It Is Not On The Official CW List? -- n/t

[dipsydoodle]

4. Yes

I'd include Agent Orange too and depleted uranium too.

[Link Speed]

9. I have seen what WP can do

Laos, '70 or '71.

Dozens of casualties. I saw people with holes burned completely thru their bodies, cauterized. Some of them were still alive and half were children.

I still dream about this and I can hear it and smell it.

[99th_Monkey]

2. When the Saudis do it, it's ok.

You know, kinda like when they flew the Bin Ladin Family out of
the country during air-traffic-lock-down the day of 9/11.

[snappyturtle]

5. My understanding is that the UN will only decide if gas was

used....not who used it.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Which gas too.

.

[snappyturtle]

11. Yes. nt

[HeiressofBickworth]

8. I don't think it matters who was responsible

because I'm more concerned about who will pay for any reprisal by us. A missile strike won't affect Assad's power structure nor will it change the rebels actions. Some poor schmucks at a village market, women/children/elders, will be hit and we'll claim it as merely "collateral damage". We've done the same thing in Afghanistan, Yemen, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan to name a few -- always managing to kill civilians in the process. When a missile strike will not stop the civil war going on in Syria and we run the extremely high risk of killing innocent civilians, we as a country should avoid actions that will only make things worse.

And secondly, we haven't recovered from the Bush debacle in Iraq -- we don't have the resources to police the world. If Syria's neighbors aren't acting, we certainly shouldn't.

[KT2000]

10. I have come to terms

with the inevitable, which is no response from the US or the rest of the world but I do not agree. Chemical weapons as a weapon of choice in the Middle East is a nightmare scenario - and too bad about all the time and effort it took to ban them. Nothing means much anymore.

[rug]

12. There's another thread arguing that Saudi Arabia is being smeared because they were only beheaded.

I am not impressed by the arguments for attacking Syria.

[Tx4obama]

13. I read on DU yesterday that they were only SHOT. Link to article on DU link below

Here in Comment #19: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023621316#post19

[rug]

14. That's better. They caught a break.

[Dragonfli]

15. Well if beheading and eating human organs were frowned upon I doubt we would

be siding with and arming rebels that enjoy such "harmless" past times.

Along with our civilian killing "care package missiles", they will likely send further "humanitarian aid" in the form of fava beans and decent Chianti by air drop to our friends and proxy warriors on the ground.

[rug]

16. I expect Assad to form an alliance with the Governor when the Walking Dead returns.

[Aerows]

17. Those that can make you believe absurdities

can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire

[arely staircase]

18. just when you almost had me convinced

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/politics/2013/09/07/nr-vo-tapper-classified-congress-syria.cnn.html