Thread to mourn the passing of the soul of John Kerry

[rhett o rick]

231. You might argue that SoS Kerry isnt a neo-con but you should recognize

that bombing a sovereign nation, esp. in the middle east, is a neo-con action. All you have to do is ask a neocon like Lieberman and he will support Kerry.

"any person of conscious can not simple stand by and allow a ruthless dictator to break long standing laws of decency and morality and not act. "

That sounds so nice when you say it, but Kerry stood by when Georgie Bush illegally invaded Iraq. Not only stood by, but gave Georgie his blessing. And we are standing by every day for some type of atrocities somewhere in the world. So how do we choose? Some are saying that using chemicals is the red line. First of all we have used chemical weapons. Should we be punished? We also use white phosphorus, land mines, and cluster bombs, all of which are banned by most countries. Should we be punished?

We are learning that the UN believes the rebels have used chemical weapons. Do we punish them? Maybe we could bomb both Assad and the rebels in the same strike.

So far Assad has a long way to go to equal the atrocities that we have put on peoples in either Iraq or Vietnam.

It is simplistic thinking to believe that Assad is the only bad guy and if we launch $150 million worth of missiles, he will be good and things will be better. What social program are you willing to sacrifice to kill Syrians?