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I agree that Assad is "stomping on innocents". But so are the rebels he is fighting, namely ISIS and Al Qaeda and similar groups in a smorgasbord of terror. Sha

I agree that Assad is "stomping on innocents". But so are the rebels he is fighting, namely ISIS and Al Qaeda and similar groups in a smorgasbord of terror. Shall we bomb them too (and thereby strengthen Assad)? Mideast politics are horrendously complicated and need to be untangled carefully, as one would untangle the wiring in a bomb. Unintended consequences are the norm, unfortunately.

nefitty 9y ago
Absolutely right. We shouldn't use the same methods to fight terrorism, though. If one of your opponents plays the centralized-government military game, play by those rules, if another plays by the decentralized-guerilla warfare game, play that. At the end of the day I think it's the US's responsibility, as arguably the most powerful military force on earth, to defend humans caught in the crossfire of other military actors. My support of unilateral action against Assad does not preclude my support for fighting the smaller repressive regimes he claims to be chasing.
- saiya-jin 9y ago
  what about, for a change, US didn't bomb yet another state and civilians into oblivion for something suspiciously well timed with trump domestic issues (Waging dog movie again, anybody?). In fact, please stick your crappy US ideals somewhere deep and keep it there. Nobody in this world cares about them anymore, you guys lost all the credit for next 100 years already. US has nothing to give to this world anymore in terms of freedom. Many countries are way ahead. US ideals in face of US reality are nothing but a sad joke. Just. Keep. Away.Your. Fucking. Armies.
simonh 9y ago
Just because an anti-Assad militia is Muslim doesn’t make it a terrorist organization. Approximately everybody in that whole region are Muslim. Of course the rebels are Muslim. A few of them have links to or are affiliated with terrorist organizations, but when you’re involved in a fight for survival you take help from anyone offering it. Fights like this are messy and dangerous and no good ever comes of them. But they still need to be fought. Trump is about to learn this.

nefitty 9y ago

Absolutely right. We shouldn't use the same methods to fight terrorism, though. If one of your opponents plays the centralized-government military game, play by those rules, if another plays by the decentralized-guerilla warfare game, play that. At the end of the day I think it's the US's responsibility, as arguably the most powerful military force on earth, to defend humans caught in the crossfire of other military actors. My support of unilateral action against Assad does not preclude my support for fighting the smaller repressive regimes he claims to be chasing.

saiya-jin 9y ago
what about, for a change, US didn't bomb yet another state and civilians into oblivion for something suspiciously well timed with trump domestic issues (Waging dog movie again, anybody?). In fact, please stick your crappy US ideals somewhere deep and keep it there. Nobody in this world cares about them anymore, you guys lost all the credit for next 100 years already. US has nothing to give to this world anymore in terms of freedom. Many countries are way ahead. US ideals in face of US reality are nothing but a sad joke. Just. Keep. Away.Your. Fucking. Armies.

simonh 9y ago

Just because an anti-Assad militia is Muslim doesn’t make it a terrorist organization. Approximately everybody in that whole region are Muslim. Of course the rebels are Muslim. A few of them have links to or are affiliated with terrorist organizations, but when you’re involved in a fight for survival you take help from anyone offering it. Fights like this are messy and dangerous and no good ever comes of them. But they still need to be fought. Trump is about to learn this.