11-01-2015, 06:29 PM
(11-01-2015, 06:19 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I see a slight difference here. We did not start the civil war in Syria the way we did in Iraq. I am 100% against ever starting a war to remove a despot. But in very limited situations I can agree with the rest of the world stepping into a civil war situation that turns into a bloodbath. However even then we should not get involved unless it is part of a large coalition.
I can get that. However, I am against involvement in internal conflicts of sovereign nations on either side unless one of two things takes place (ironically, one has taken place now in Syria). The first is that it is a one sided genocide(like those we have ignored in several countries in the past couple of decades). In those situations it should be a coalition to go on and stop the human rights issues. The other is when another country decides to intervene in the conflict. Internal conflicts should remain internal, and external influences should not be tolerated.
If Russia was on the side of the rebels I would be against their involvement as vehemently as I am against their involvement on the side of Assad.
