What would you do in Syria

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(04-07-2017, 11:48 AM)bfine32 Wrote: You can live life looking though the rear window or the front one; it's up to you.

You can compare a method of prisoner interrogation with unleashing chemical gas on civilians if you think it makes your point I suppose. The point is he used Chemical weapons on his citizens 4 years after he was told do what you want, but don't use chemical weapons.

What would you have us do? Say we were just bluffing 4 years ago?

It's looking at the pattern of disregard for the rules we have helped implement. "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it."

I would have us stay out of Syria. He was using chemical weapons on rebels who were among civilians. It is hypocritical to say that it is okay to blow up civilians or kill them by trapping them under tons of debris, but chemicals is a no go. Especially when we have disregarded other rules of war, such as bombing the hospital mentioned above. Unless we can prove he is specifically attacking his people with intent to kill civilians then we should wait until the war is over and deal with him then.

Getting involved now has a no end game and Assad knows it. You can't remove Assad because you have a power vacuum that will be filled by ISIS. We knew it 4 years ago, so frankly we bluffed and lost. Not getting involved was the right call then and it is the right call now.