Excuse me, your rational sounds like one that I would hear from a liberal. At some point in life you have to stay your ground against bullies otherwise they will keep pushing you.
Didn’t you learn this principle in school?
This failure to understand basic human nature was demonstrated by Obama after he failed to own up to the Syrians crossing the “Red Line”. Now, the Russians knew Obama was a wimp and they pushed us out.
What would you be willing to support the same next time Russia, Chinese, North Koreans, or Iranians take a position like that against the US.
Short views don’t help a long term vision.
How are we being bullied?
What results have we achieved that justify our remaining there?
Do you really think we need to spend more lives and treasure in that septic tank?
We have effed this up from the beginning. We need to pack it up and let the Russians and Syrian government mop up. They aren’t squeamish about what needs to be done, and they don’t have stupid ideas about ‘democracy.’
You sound like insane McCain. You want Americans to die for some Middle East Dictator that needs a pipeline in the Middle East.
Bullies? This jet was not threatening our jet. It was attacking ISIS.
We are flying over Syria uninvited. Can you imagine another nation flying their jets over our country and shooting down our aircraft? You are telling me that is not provocative and dangerous?
We are at war with ISIS/Al-Qaeda/Al-Nusra. There are no good rebels over there. They are all radicalized Islamic operating under the same black flag of no surrender.
As for the Syrian government there is no imminent threat from the Syrian government towards the United States. There is no clear and present danger from the Syrian government too. We have no business playing the policeman of the world.
However, if we get into a shooting war with Russia, who is invited by the Syrian government, then that could eventually lead to a nuclear conflict.
Did you forget Russia has nukes? They have them on their Subs too that parked off our coasts. You can’t win a thermo-nuclear war.
I am all for taking out ISIS/Al-Qaeda/Al-Nusra/”The Rebels” quickly, but we have no business shooting down Syrian jets. Let’s finish ISIS and leave.
After all we won World War II faster, than the current never ending war.