Military force should be used only when it will protect us. We should not get involved in other countries’ battles. Assad is not a good person. We have no friends in m*slim countries. The enemy of our enemy is our enemy.
This was an act of moral outrage - a good thing in itself, but the USA is not the policeman of the world.
This was an act of moral outrage - a good thing in itself, but the USA is not the policeman of the world.
Sometimes when the star athlete sees a bully terrorizing the weak, he needs to cuff the bully and tell him to knock it off. If the star athlete takes the position that it's none of his business, he is essentially taking the position that the bully's actions are acceptable, since he's not willing to do anything to stop him.
The star athlete is in the best position to get the bully to stop, and if the star athlete doesn't act, nobody else will either.