04-07-2017, 03:16 PM
(04-07-2017, 01:48 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Indeed it was, primarily a decade before we invaded, but Saddam was a piece of shit. I just wish that we had gone with that rationale rather than the trumped up reasoning. I think we would be in a much better mindset about Iraq than we are today and it could have helped the public attitude support an actual rebuilding effort.I agree. The went with the lies to garner international support and the necessary legal rigamaroll.
Quote:Assad's relationship with Iran is what has most of them supporting this, I'm guessing. I have wanted us to topple Assad for a long time, never being one that was turning a blind eye to his tactics because of the "enemy of my enemy" position a lot of people were using. I personally don't know what I would've done here, or what we should do. I do think he should have gone to Congress first, but I'm also one that thinks the authority of the executive to initiate foreign conflict has become far too great and needs to be reigned in overall.
Syria is already a civil war and a religious proxy war. Throw in Russia on one side and the US on the opposition and it has the potential to be another Vietnam only worse.
