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To: JPX2011

You know, fooling around and trying to overthrow the government of another country is pretty serious business.

That’s actually an act of war. People die. Stuff gets destroyed. Money gets spent on fighting.

Why are we at war with Syria?

I understand that Assad is no angel, but why, specifically, are we at war with Syria?

And why did we go to war with Libya? What was the specific reason we destroyed the government of Libya and had Qadaffi killed?

What are our national interests in these wars?

The thing is, once you start a war with another country and you start killing their people and destroying their stuff and forcing them to defend themselves,

They get mad at you.

They want revenge. Their friends want revenge. Everyone in the country that is attacking becomes a fair target. Our stuff becomes a fair target. We have to spend more money.

That’s OK if it’s necessary.

But Libya and Syria?

Why did the Democrats feel the need to start wars with them specifically?


9 posted on 09/25/2015 6:26:20 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6; All

We are at war because Syria is a Russian puppet, with a naval base for them in the Med.

Russians want a pipeline through Ukraine to sell oil and gas to European markets, but their competition would be an oil and gas pipeline from the Gulf states through Syria to the same European customers.

Syria is denying the construction of the pipeline through Syria with Assad’s backing in return for Russian support of the Regime.

The wars in Ukraine and Syria are about oil, IMHO.

Isn’t it usually about money?


13 posted on 09/25/2015 6:41:04 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: blueunicorn6

Given the indisputable fact that our federal government can’t do ANYTHING right EVER is most likely the best reason for it to just stay the hell out of all the worlds little wars!


15 posted on 09/25/2015 6:45:13 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: blueunicorn6
Why did the Democrats feel the need to start wars with them specifically?

To push two pipelines through Syria

To take 144 tons of Gold off Libya (and to stop a gold-backed currency).

Oil and Gold.

16 posted on 09/25/2015 7:34:20 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Those are great questions and they need to be asked.

The media certainly isn’t going to cover this.

In the end, ISIS is taking over these countries, so what was the purpose. Was that the purpose? Really makes you wonder.


17 posted on 09/25/2015 7:39:11 AM PDT by crusher2013 (Liberalism is Aristocracy masquerading as equality)
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