So what is your red line? If Iran used a nuke and killed 1 million of it's own people

[LostOne4Ever]

68. I would not set a red line period.

Red lines are too simplistic.

It ignores the variety of issues involved and possible outcomes and consequences. What will happen if we go in? How can we make the situation better or how can we accidentally make the situations worse. What other countries will be affected and how will they respond? Will this make us safe in the long run? How about the short run? What will we need to do afterwards? How does this compare with traditional weapons? Are there other similar situations around the world going on? Worse ones?

The example you gave is in particular is a situation where not rushing in like a bull in china factory would be a good idea lest we set the world on fire. How many nukes do they have? Where are they? Can we get them without klling millions of innocents? Will they use the nukes on their neighbors or our allies if we go in? IMPORTANT questions. Discretion is the better part of Valor for a reason.

Who gives a shit about what AQ or any other group thinks about our actions? We need to do what is right for us.

As for the chemical attack we are still waiting on the details. Who did it and why? How will they and others respond to us attacking? How about how they will respond to us not attacking? Further, over 100k people have been killed in that war by traditional weapons. Why the sudden outrage?

A million questions like this are filling my head. I don't like making life and death decisions based from a situation of ignorance. Furthermore, I am vehemently against war and violence especially when we have not even come close to considering and trying peaceful means to stop the death there. Violence should be a very last resort.

Does this answer your question to your satisfaction?