If this was't so tragic, it would be funny. Let's have a war and telegraph to the enemy exactly what we are going to do. The element of surprise is a key component in war. Forget that, we are debating it.
That aside, there are all kind of issues with this: f..k/damn! Sorry but there are no aspects of the English language that spell out my sense of outrage and helplessness like cursing. Sorry Mom.
What good will supposedly punishing Syria do? What can we do?
What about old sins? Remember Iraq. Have we forgotten-- this is pretty much the same crew that made George W infamous. Colin Powell pretty much did his rep in with their faulty Intell---essentially nobody who thinks believes him now that he says he was misled. He lied and Iraq turned the Neocons into a household word. The MFers!
What amazes mean in this whole exercise is that the last time I looked, this was a democracy. Although I don't like polls, it is a tool. The latest one says somethning like 43% to 23% of Americans say, "stay the f..k out of Syria."
Remember LBJ saying something like "We ain't going to take anything off this little pipsqueak country called, Vietnam." Well, that little pipsqueak
country drove him from office and we inherited that sorry ass Nixon who lied from the beginning--going to get us out of Vietnam. At that point we had about 7000 or so dead Americans. By the time we made it out, it was 58,000 plus.
What is a democracy if their elected officials are not going to pay attention to their constituents. Moral issue: bullshit, name the greatest moral issue? Take your pick, the entire Middle East is clothed in moral ambiguity.
And, a final thing thing, how in the f..k can we not say that the greater issue is the refugee problem. With what we are going to spend to "punish" a tyrant, we could handle the entire refugee population: feed, house, educate and above all, protect them. We will spend billions of dollars showing off our moral outrage that is more politics in my view than anything--keeping one F16 in the air could just about solve the entire refugee issue. Yet, we are going to be stupid about Syria, no doubt. I am personally disappointed and saddened.
That aside, there are all kind of issues with this: f..k/damn! Sorry but there are no aspects of the English language that spell out my sense of outrage and helplessness like cursing. Sorry Mom.
What good will supposedly punishing Syria do? What can we do?
What about old sins? Remember Iraq. Have we forgotten-- this is pretty much the same crew that made George W infamous. Colin Powell pretty much did his rep in with their faulty Intell---essentially nobody who thinks believes him now that he says he was misled. He lied and Iraq turned the Neocons into a household word. The MFers!
What amazes mean in this whole exercise is that the last time I looked, this was a democracy. Although I don't like polls, it is a tool. The latest one says somethning like 43% to 23% of Americans say, "stay the f..k out of Syria."
Remember LBJ saying something like "We ain't going to take anything off this little pipsqueak country called, Vietnam." Well, that little pipsqueak
country drove him from office and we inherited that sorry ass Nixon who lied from the beginning--going to get us out of Vietnam. At that point we had about 7000 or so dead Americans. By the time we made it out, it was 58,000 plus.
What is a democracy if their elected officials are not going to pay attention to their constituents. Moral issue: bullshit, name the greatest moral issue? Take your pick, the entire Middle East is clothed in moral ambiguity.
And, a final thing thing, how in the f..k can we not say that the greater issue is the refugee problem. With what we are going to spend to "punish" a tyrant, we could handle the entire refugee population: feed, house, educate and above all, protect them. We will spend billions of dollars showing off our moral outrage that is more politics in my view than anything--keeping one F16 in the air could just about solve the entire refugee issue. Yet, we are going to be stupid about Syria, no doubt. I am personally disappointed and saddened.
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