So I hear that we are divided here on DU about war with Syria

[LostOne4Ever]

86. Define pro war

The truth is that some feel that military strikes in and of themselves are not war. Some disagree with that.

The "anti-war "side is going to try and make the pro-war side sound like unthinking zombies who follow Obama no matter what, and the "pro-war" side is going to paint the anti-war side as hair on fire conspiracy theorist who don't give a damn about the syrian people.

Your best bet is to simply ask each side why they support the war or oppose it and get the answer from the horses mouth.

I oppose it for several reasons. I believe violence only begets more violence and because of that we should try and exhaust all peaceful solutions first. I feel that given our history if we do get involved we will only making things worse there and become the scapegoat of both sides for everything that goes wrong there. I fear we may replace a great evil with an even more horrible one. I fear we will stain our hands in blood either for the wrong reasons or in vain. I worry that our involvement may lead to the war expanding pulling the whole region into war causing more death and pain than we will stop. I am also worried how we are going to finance this and what programs will get cuts to make room for it.

That said, and as I said above take this with a grain of salt as I am antiwar, I think the reasons for some wanting a military strike is that they feel that we made a pact to not allow any country to use Chemical weapons and if we don't follow through it will be like giving every would be dictator in the world a pass to use their in their conflict and possibly one day on us. That Assad is a HORRIBLE dictator who has now gassed his own people and that we owe it to the victims and to humanity to stop this man and his regime.

There are undoubtedly other reason for both sides but these are my reasons against war and what I understand the main reasons for those who supported military strikes. Either way, we need to remember that we all support our various position because we want what is best for ourselves and humanity as a whole.

It is by dehumanizing the other side that tragedies like the one that is happening in syria occur.