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The use of chemical weapons is deplorable.
A swift strike to flex muscles is not great either as the USA is partly responsible for the situation in this country.
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That is an interesting chestnut that...
It is very easy to really say that the US is partly responsible for any issues in the middle east, but the reality is that the problem in Syria is mainly Assad's doing. The guy is a criminal, time and again his actions against citizens contravene International Law.
Whilst the US involved in the country (as you would suspect), I don't see that Syria is 'caused' by the US, partially or otherwise. They have been essentially a dictatorship for 40 years, the Arab Spring scared the crap out of Assad and he had to ensure he kept power and wasn't overthrown in the way others were, he decided suppression through force was the right option, this turned the country to chaos.
Now America chose sides and it was NEVER likely to be Assad's, but they didn't start this civil war, they didn't create the tension that is there between Sunni and Shia Muslims either.
America screws up a lot, they may have create a massive power vacuum in Iraq (not commenting on whether they should or should not have in this particular argument) which may then have allowed for the growth of the likes of ISIL within that country, but I don't see how they created the Syria problem.
I think flexing muscles is actually what needs to happen on occasion, there are some who only respond to strength.
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The only thing I find interesting is that everyone is happy to enforce their ideas of democracy on other nations and then state that our brand of war pain and suffering is better than the home grown version.
Meanwhile the occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish insurgents continues from 1974 to today.
No one seems to worry overly about that one though.
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(04-07-2017, 01:34 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:The use of chemical weapons is deplorable.
A swift strike to flex muscles is not great either as the USA is partly responsible for the situation in this country.
No more or less deplorable than the use of conventional weapons against civilians or starving them to death.
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... or deliberately targetting hospitals.
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Agreed.
Ask yourself this question. Why would Assad choose now to attack his own people like this when he's been regaining control. What's the strategic advantage of doing so?
The answer is none. This episode reeks of false flag to me.
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