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Blue_Tires

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Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:11 PM

Sep 2013

All things being equal, I think the U.S. has a responsibility to intervene when some nutbar is slaughtering his defenseless citizens en masse...

BUT all things are not equal, our interventions of the past two decades (most of them conducted with knowingly false intelligence/uncertain objectives/ulterior motives) have generally hurt more than they have helped, and I have no reason whatsoever to believe Syria will be different...

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As a Democrat and a man of the left I am deeply conflicted about this situation. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 OP

I'm also conflicted BainsBane Sep 2013 #1

I see hawks becoming doves and doves becoming hawks DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #3

It's all about party politics to them. BainsBane Sep 2013 #6

On both sides./nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #15

With all due respect, I don't see what the conflict is LibAsHell Sep 2013 #2

Why is punishing an aggressor laughable?/nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #4

Who is the aggressor here? MNBrewer Sep 2013 #10

That's a legitimate question DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #13

Well, then, MNBrewer Sep 2013 #16

I would oppose that. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #19

I don't know this for sure, but I sure do expect it to occur once Assad is gone MNBrewer Sep 2013 #21

And THAT is exactly the point few want to listen to. defacto7 Sep 2013 #28

We invade countries and drop bombs from drones LibAsHell Sep 2013 #25

Right there with you. Oakenshield Sep 2013 #30

+1 Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #5

That is probably my major concern BainsBane Sep 2013 #7

Not that this will matter any, but MNBrewer Sep 2013 #8

Respectfully, I would prefer other methods of crowd control/dispersal DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #11

Doesn't matter MNBrewer Sep 2013 #14

Tear gas and sarin gas are not comparable. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #18

SUre they are MNBrewer Sep 2013 #20

Their physical effects are not comparable. Tear gas isn't designed to kill. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #24

I honestly can't blame you. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #9

People who aren't troubled, who find this situation easy to navigate, well, hats off to 'em alcibiades_mystery Sep 2013 #12

I'm hoping that the UN report might make the right course clearer. pnwmom Sep 2013 #17

Why are chemical weapons the line in the sand? Why is it okay from countries including our own liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #22

I'm with you d_r Sep 2013 #23

There are other avenues and other people Warpy Sep 2013 #26

Send in a Neville ..... peace in our time .... MindMover Sep 2013 #27

It shouldn't be hard for you to see this belongs in the realm of the UN. dkf Sep 2013 #29

I just don't see what good it willl do. potone Sep 2013 #31

Glad you posted your thoughts BootinUp Sep 2013 #32

I'm not conflicted at all. Marr Sep 2013 #33

Rep. Barbara Lee is voting No Dems to Win Sep 2013 #34