The article did a good job of articulating my reasons for supporting a limited military strike against Syria (presuming that the evidence against Assad is solid and not made up, of course).
In a nutshell, Syria is fucked. We aren't going to be able to "bring democracy to Damascus". We aren't going to be able to help install a stable, secular, pro-Western government regardless of whether we invade, provide no-fly zones, or leave them the fuck alone. Thousands more will die, millions more will be displaced. Nothing we really do or say will change that at this point. However, there still is a tenuous agreement internationally that chemical weapons are verboten. It doesn't make war civilized but it is at least something. Something that a broad set of people can agree on for a fairly long period of time. Personally, I think that that agreement is something worth action to try and preserve. A limited strike based around disabling capabilities for chemical weapons and punishing Assad's regime for their use seems like a worthwhile thing to me. It will not really help or hurt the current situation in Syria. To me, it is something aimed at a broader idea and done to hopefully influence something that is still possible to influence. Cheers, Judah On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:36 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good stuff. > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > A really well written piece that explains the basics of the situation in > > Syria and why the situation is pretty much irretrievably fucked. Very > > realistic and straight forward, doesn't delve into US politics, just lays > > things out. Also a good musical interlude. Recommended for a short read. > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/29/9-questions-about-syria-you-were-too-embarrassed-to-ask/ > > > > Cheers, > > Judah > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366898 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
