psyah
September 27, 2014, 6:42pm
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Re: Pitfalls of yet another U.S. war on Muslims
Who said Assad is a saint? What you perceive as inaction is being prudent and circumspect in my opinion. Being dragged into another conflict in the Middle East is the last thing anyone needs. That being said, the US and others havent been standing on the sidelines, they have supplied arms to Syrian rebels. But either way, the US is damned if they do or dont.U.S. has secretly provided arms training to Syria rebels since 2012 )
You cannot respond to every conflict in the same manner. The issue with Assad is a complex one, and while we would all love for him to be sidelined (Assuming that doesnt mean reprisals against the Shia in Syria by rebels), the complexities of the situation mean that you cannot fight Assad in an all out war. So long as there is an opposition in place, there are rebels to keep the pressure on however, the Syrian conflict will not see significant intervention.
ISIS on the other hand, you have a situation which is quickly spiraling out of control and no one can stop it. In such a case, it is incumbent on those who can stop them to do so. Weighed against the consequences of inaction, intervention is the only option. To not do so would mean allowing such atrocities to occur unhindered.
When you are the only one with the power to stop something like ISIS, when no one else can, and when it threatens to destroy everything and everyone, and you allow it to fester, that then is immoral.
Ultimately, if the present strategy doesnt work, they may well have to go in with troops. But lets hope it doesnt come to that.
Well there is something different between how you do things and how I do things … I was giving you sincere advice … You can take it or not.
ISIS can be stopped easily … That is just a none sense statement to actually believe they are difficult … Again rocking to the tune of the pied-piper … It serves the West political premise to allow ISIS and make it in to another hydra head of the phantom menace …