Why the FUCK should we in this country give a fuck what Syria does to it's own people

[fujiyama]

49. I know your opinion isn't popular

but I'm going to give you credit for being honest in your isolationist viewpoint. In fact, I actually respect it and am more inclined to agree at this point than I would have been years ago.

Assad isn't threatening the US and honestly unless his actions were a direct threat to our direct security, at this time in particular of economic instability and sequestration, I think unnecessary military actions should not be taken.

And if he's a threat to other nations in the region, they should take care of it. I thought Turkey has a capable military. Isn't that why we sell them so many arms? What about Saudi Arabia? They're one of the largest customers of our "defense" (war) industry. If Europe is so concerned, then France and Britain can once again act upon the "White Man's Burden" post colonial trip they're on.

And just in case anyone accuses me of being ignorant or callous, I've followed this mess from the beginning. My heart goes out to the suffering Syrians, but civil wars and revolutions are best fought organically. We're stretched incredibly thin globally and our budget is basically held hostage to psychos in congress. We're going to get caught in a country where the opposition is made of a myriad of different elements, some of whom are not very friendly to the West and are more inclined to set up a Wahhabiist Sharia state.

I don't want this country to be in the business of creating more theocracies. The Syrians must figure out their own path. What did we end up with in Libya? A dead ambassador. What about Afghanistan? Three thousand dead and two buildings leveled. Iraq? Well we killed several thousand, and now more a dying due to a low level civil war.