“They never served or have children serving now. “
That has to be irrelevant in consideration or else a junta runs the country.
(Thus comment has nothing to do with Syria).
One can easily beat the drums of war, when they have nothing on the line. Remember the great line from Sam Elliott portraying Gen. J. O. Buford in Gettysburg.
“Whole damn Reb army’s gonna be here. They’ll move through this town, occupy these hills on the other side, and when our people get here Lee’ll have the high ground, and there’ll be the devil to pay! The high ground! Meade’ll come in slowly, cautiously, new to command. They’ll be on his back from Washington. Wires hot with messages. “Attack! Attack!” So he will set up a ring around these hills. And when Lee’s army is all nicely entrenched behind fat rocks on the high ground, Meade’ll finally attack, if he can coordinate the army. Straight up the hillside, out in the open, in that gorgeous field of fire. We will charge valiantly... and be butchered valiantly! And afterwards, men in tall hats and gold watch fobs will thump their chests and say what a brave charge it was.”