The neighborhood of this world is filled with good and bad societies.
Clandestinely the good try to manipulate the world order through backroom deals, meetings, and other sneaky ways to get things accomplished.
On the other hand, the bad members of our global community tend to be somewhat more raw and blatant in their dealings.
Currently in Syria there is a civil war raging between the bad and the worse. Which is which? Only time will tell.
When the citizens of another country are involved in fighting for the right to rule it, the people outside of that country need to stay out of the mix.
The government in Syria has supposedly used chemical weapons on civilians. Although I would agree this is horrendous and should not be tolerated, Syria has not joined into any treaty agreeing not to use these types of weapons.
Some folks in our government think that because chemical weapons have been used, we need to go in and teach them a lesson.
My question is… Why?
Around this world atrocities are constantly being committed against the population. We use sanctions, and other diplomatic techniques to try and get them to fall in line, but in the end it is up to that country to police themselves.
If a country with a stable government decided to just gas its folks, such as Germany and the Jewish people, this would make sense to move in and stop this.
Syria is a nightmare! It’s evil fighting evil. We need to just stay the heck out of the way until something finally clears.
The President wants to do some weird itty bitty strike of a hundred missiles. To what end?
It’s like poking a hornet nest with a stick. You might do a little damage, but you’re going to piss off the hornets that weren’t really bothering you in the first place.
Syria is not a threat to the national interest or security of the United States in their current situation. They are more involved with killing one another. Why poke the nest?
In fact, some have claimed that because this action by Syria does not pose an imminent threat to the United States the President had better get the approval of Congress or risk an impeachable offense.
President Obama has decided to go to Congress for their approval, yet claims he needs no such approval. So why even consult them?
I think he has brought Congress into the mix to cover his ass. If Congress votes “No” he can bow out a blame Congress for the decision. If Congress votes “Yes” and all hell breaks loose because of the attack he has someone to blame for the decision.
Since the people and Congress sound like they don’t want this to be approved, the President is stuck with a conundrum. His speech on Tuesday tried to cover all of the bases without really saying anything.
Thinking that once you lob a hundred missiles into a country they will apologize and behave themselves is a moronic viewpoint. Once you attack another country you cannot rewind that action.
Now I’m not afraid of Syria, and I know the United States is powerful and can deal with any conflict. But why even get involved in the first place?
John Kerry accidentally came up with a great solution for the United States to save face. In a press conference in London Kerry answered a question asking if anything could be done to prevent a U.S. strike on Syria. Mr. Kerry brought up that if Syria turned over their entire stockpile of chemical weapons it would mean the United States would not attack.
The State Department tried to backstroke and claimed this was not a serious proposal. Luckily, Russian President Vladimir Putin jumped on the flippant comment and has agreed to back Syria in removing their chemical weapon stockpiles.
As stated before, a huge percentage of the citizens of the United States do not want the country to get involved in the Syrian civil war, and the President now has a graceful way to back out of the corner that he has painted himself into.
The win for the world is that if we can get Syria onboard with destroying its chemical weapons and enter into the treaty with other nations to ban the future use of such weapons, this is a great step forward.
I will give credit to President Obama because it was his determination to attack Syria that accidentally caused this outcome. Also, to John Kerry for accidentally coming up with an ideal diplomatic solution.
Although they get credit for their accidental resolution to this situation, they are still on notice for getting us into this predicament to begin with.
Running one of the most powerful countries in the world is not an easy task. Most of us would choke at the pressure. Let’s just hope this will remain a peaceful ending to this current crisis.
What do you think?
