Would not bombing Syria send a message that the US is weak?
Would it open the flood gates to other countries using chemical weapons and possibly someday a nuclear weapon?
Would it open the flood gates to other countries using chemical weapons and possibly someday a nuclear weapon?
ahandle101
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Or maybe even dropping an atomic bomb on Japan. The whole "we can have WMDs, but you can't" attitude is rather arrogant. If WMDs are bad, we should dismantle our own.
Aleconomixt
Want the truth?
The 'next 500 years of world' Pentagon program came out with a printout saying ...
Syria Another VIetnam or even worse
Saudis jumping into fray
North Korea blocks Japanese ports.
Venezuela marches into Mexico.
Russia nukes Greenland - ice melts.
Iran capture Af to march into Pakistan.
Satellite pictures show dark cloud over Israel.
Obama the protege and Bush the patron trainer fainted.
vmaldia
some people are not exactly logical. The very same action or lack of action can be interpreted or twisted many ways
dont bomb syria and some people mihgt interpret it as weak and would inspire them to get chemical weapons
bomb syria and some people will call for revenge attacks on the USA
damned if you do, damned if you dont
Mike
NOT bombing Syria would send a message that the United States is not a bloodthirsty rabid dog looking for any kind of easy conquest it can come across. NOT bombing Syria would have a much smaller chance of nerve gas falling into al-Qaeda hands.
Don't Fear The Reaper
Anyone who hates us enough to consider using NBC weapons will not be deterred by any message Obama sends now. The message needed to be sent by Aug 24th and Assad needed a Tomahawk enema right then and there. War criminals deserve neither time nor mercy.
THAT's how you send a deterrent message. Anything else means the aggressor/user has every chance to scurry away unharmed. To strike again.
In fact, accepting Russia's solution leaves the war criminal unscathed and un-chastened. I bet Obama and Kerry also agreed to never strike Syria/Assad as their end of the "bargain."