Syria, thinking aloud

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3. I was very critical of Clinton at the time regarding the Serbian genocide in the Balkans

in that he should have acted sooner. But he eventually did, and he saved probably thousands of lives. He admits he was neglectful regarding Rwanda. Hey, I'm a liberal Democrat. As such I oppose the tremendous amount of money we spend maintain the war machine we have when the kids I teach don't eat anything but the two measly meals they get at school. But it makes me crazy that having military hegemony we sit back and watch the slaughter of innocents by mad men.

For the record I am still not endorsing intervention in Syria (I am now leaning toward it). But we (under Clinton, who I love) sat back and watched thousands slaughtered and maimed in Rwanda. And that weighs heavily on my mind right now.