I'd like to ask DU's military strike supporters a few questions

[The Straight Story]

17. What it has to do with it is

Why bother caring what the international community thinks if all they do is whine and don't do anything about things?

Assad is pretty much proving that the rest of the world is willing to ignore doing something like gassing a thousand people. So why should anyone else be deterred from using such weapons? Why should we worry if people yell and shout if we strike him when they don't want us to? They have no weight to their words if they are willing to continually allow him to use chemical weapons and do nothing.

If we 'go it alone' I don't see a big deal (assuming, of course, congress has a say). Someone has to stand up when such weapons are used or it gives a green light to every tom, dick, and harry (and betty) to use them in terror attacks, to kill uprisings in their country (Maybe Egypt will use them on some rowdy crowds).

Ignoring this whole thing could have far larger implications world wide over time. Up until now it was taboo, people were afraid of massive retaliation, so it kept their use at bay.

Next up, why not some biological weapons. Unleash a nice virus, will help wipe out even more folks. Not like anyone will do anything about that either except complain and write strongly worded resolutions that will be vetoed.