Since my Special Forces son recently returned safely from his 2nd tour in Afghanistan, I have no desire to see him sent back to the Middle East. However, the best argument I have heard is that since Obama said that poison gas was a line in the sand they should not cross, this raises a serious question. There had been several small attacks. This major attack which is now reported to have killed 1400 people and over 400 children is a real middle finger. If our government does not respond, then how seriously will Iran or North Korea take our threats to act if they step out of line? Just asking. I want to see what results the investigating group reports when they get out of Syria before forming a final opinion.
I’m very glad your son made it home safely and please thank him for his service and thank you for supporting him. While perhaps 1400 civilians were killed by gas, without any threat to the US or its interests other than propping up Obama’s program of putting radical Muslims in charge of governments, this civil war is not worth the life of one American. If Iran and North Korea threaten the US or its interests then we should destroy them, not try to win hearts and minds. That is how we won WWII and that is how the Union beat the Confederacy. After we win and there is no question of victory then we can consider hearts and minds. But no American blood or treasure should be spent on anything not in American interests and putting radical Muslims in charge of a government is definitely NOT in our interests.
I’m still waiting for the Media to ask the question “where did Assad get Chemical Weapons?”, or as they were known during the Bush Administration, WMD’s.
Of course we know where they came from.
Unlike many here, I will not “hush my mouth” when some stranger claims his/her son or daughter is a combat veteran.
As if that granted “you” some kind of extra-special understanding of war.
You don’t have a clue about what it means to wage war.
If you did, you wouldn’t have posted the tripe you did.
The only response I MIGHT buy into is a Tomahawk missle inserted into Assads bedroom window at supersonic speed.
That sends a pretty clear message.