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All the talk of Syria has gotten me kind of lost. This is what I know. Correct me if I am wrong.
FACT:
Assad is a bad guy. His regime is responsible for the death of thousands of civilians, regardless of the chemical weapons evidence.
FACT:
Syrian rebels include Al Queda. They also are brutal, and are equally as likely to turn weapons against the United States.
FACT;
Russia only cares because of their military base, arms shipments, and Cold War-esque views of the West and "imperialism."
FACT:
Iran does not want to lose the route that they ship arms against Israel.
So? Anything wrong? I mean. As I see it I see it...there is no point because no side are good guys. The only thing that happens here is that we start a nice "liberal war" with an air campaign against Assad and blow a few things up, maybe change the location of the piles of rubble that the country is already in. The Russians come out looking like they support "stability" and we come out looking like the jerks. Again.
Now. My counter point to invasion is that we don't do a thing. The Russians take the hear for supplying arms, and maybe they get targeted for their intervention instead of us. Sound selfish? Sure. But sucks to the Russian government. Maybe they will get toppled again?
FACT:
Assad is a bad guy. His regime is responsible for the death of thousands of civilians, regardless of the chemical weapons evidence.
FACT:
Syrian rebels include Al Queda. They also are brutal, and are equally as likely to turn weapons against the United States.
FACT;
Russia only cares because of their military base, arms shipments, and Cold War-esque views of the West and "imperialism."
FACT:
Iran does not want to lose the route that they ship arms against Israel.
So? Anything wrong? I mean. As I see it I see it...there is no point because no side are good guys. The only thing that happens here is that we start a nice "liberal war" with an air campaign against Assad and blow a few things up, maybe change the location of the piles of rubble that the country is already in. The Russians come out looking like they support "stability" and we come out looking like the jerks. Again.
Now. My counter point to invasion is that we don't do a thing. The Russians take the hear for supplying arms, and maybe they get targeted for their intervention instead of us. Sound selfish? Sure. But sucks to the Russian government. Maybe they will get toppled again?