Where’s the Moral Urgency About Syria?

Commentary Mag ^

[nuconvert]

On March 28, 2011, when President Barack Obama addressed the nation to explain U.S. forces’ involvement in operations over Libyan skies, he made a compelling moral argument. In his speech, Obama illustrated the rapid chain of events that led to U.S. and international intervention and referred to Libya’s late dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s forces closing in on Benghazi by saying, “If we waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world.”

[U-238]

Syria enjoys something Libya lacked. Syria enjoys the backing of the Russians,Chinese and Iranians. The Russians and the Chinese did not put too much of a fight over Libya.

[Farmer Dean]

A lot of people find it hard to get upset about Muslums killing Muslums.

[ScoopAmma]

You said what I’ve only said in private!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"... and stained the conscience of the world.”

I'm good.

[DManA]

Hey Emanuele, you don’t you be the first to parachute in? Lecture us about how moral it is to kill one set of radical Muslims so another set of Radical Muslims can take over.

I’m so sick of being lectured by these jack asses.

[bobby.223]

Well said! Not gettin’ upset at all here!

[samadams2000]

The outrage over syria??? My care meter is still on zero.

[U-238]

I am watching this with eager eyes.

[rmlew]

Whence the moral urgency of neoconservatives to join the left and help the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda?

[SunkenCiv]

...referred to Libya's late dictator Muammar Qaddafi's forces closing in on Benghazi by saying, "If we waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world."

Thanks nuconvert.