I get the desire not to engage in full-scale war...but we're okay with chemical weapons?

[KharmaTrain]

92. Well Earned And Deserved...

...I've long enjoyed your posts here as reasoned and informed over the emotional; a rare comodity on DU.

The other day I first heard of what I'll call "Post-Iraq Syndrome" or post PNAC or bush or pick your own word that describes the combination of the loss of any credibility in our government's foreign policy along with the fall out of launching a war based on illegal and false pretenses. I can understand why there's a lot of suspicion here but we don't live in a one-size fits-all world and you have to hope that this administration is not motivated like the previous regime and its motives are to prevent more genocide. The U.S. has done it in the past and I'm hoping that if force has to be used that the U.S. doesn't go it alone. This is an international problem and needs to be dealt with in that arena.

The reality is this is a proxy war where we have very little influence and no assurances that any military action will hasten an end to this savage war. Just like it was the neighbors who took Idi Amin down (and into a cozy exile in Saudi Arabia), I feel it's going to be the pressure of Russians, Iranians and Saudis that can bring all these parties to some kind of resolution or truce in hostilities.

Cheers...