No US attack on Syria!
OK, gotta speak my mind on this one. White house press
secretary today said the US is not interested in ‘regime change’ but is
considering air strikes as a ‘punishment’ for the alleged use of chemical
weapons by the Syrian government. Punitive strikes.
A strike by the US would be illegal. It would be immoral. It would be
against our national interest. The
only body that can authorize military action legally would be the United Nation
Security Council. If Obama wants
to save face due to his ‘red line’ comment then he needs to push for the
international criminal court in the Hague to take up the case.
Killing people to make them pay for killing people does not
make sense. US action would be
against our national interest. The
middle east is already unstable, more bombs will not help a thing. In fact it may help the hard liners in
Iran, Syria, and other places gain support. Besides, the opposition in Syria is largely Al Qaeda type
groups that will never have our interest in mind.
And our history in the Middle East does not give us any
moral authority in the region.
They say this was the worst chemical attack since Sadam Hussein gassed
the Kurds. He did this with our
support and Rumsfeld went and shook his hand afterwards. Just a couple weeks ago the official
CIA histories were released that proved the CIA orchestrated the overthrow of
the secular, democratically elected leader of Iran (and Time Man of the Year) –
Mossadegh – in a coup that installed The Shah of Iran. Our invasion of Iraq made the region worse
(at least for our interests). Our drone
strikes kill civilians, our support of Isreal no matter how many illegal settlements
they build.
You get the point. Enough is enough. Let the United Nations decide what to do.
Those in our government who were calling
for strikes were calling for military action long before the chemical weapons
were used. Punitive strikes by us would
be a mistake and an “Obamanation”.
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