I am getting frustrated with the fact that the US has always thought that it needs to be involved in other Countries problems. I don't care what we give them or what they give us financially, let them fight their own battles. We don't need to put our guys (and girls) in harms way again. We should be protecting our own borders not someone elses.
I voted no for different reasons than those previously stated. The Medditerain part of the Mideast is a powder keg right now. The Arab spring has changed the leadership in Egypt from a nation willing to be at peace with Isreal to an anti Isreal posture. In order to support military operations in Syria, we would have to stage massive amounts of troops in both Isreal and lebanon.
I am very much in support of of Isreal, but staging troops there to conduct Syrian operations would be provacative to the entire region and would jepordize our relations with Arab states in Saudi Arabia and other gulf states where we now have basing privlages and such.
In both Gulf wars and Afganistan we DID have collation forces, in this particular region, short of Great Brittain, we wouldn't. Every nation is reluctant at this point to jump in there simply to prevent the appearance of Isreal vs Syria.
Also Russia is a very close ally of Syria as Syria is thie number one customer of of weapons systems in the world, jumping in here risk a restart of the cold war.
I think its time we thought
I think its time we thought before we acted.... After all we arent the only country in the United Nations.
Please, no more body bags and
Please, no more body bags and silver coffins.
I am getting frustrated with
I am getting frustrated with the fact that the US has always thought that it needs to be involved in other Countries problems. I don't care what we give them or what they give us financially, let them fight their own battles. We don't need to put our guys (and girls) in harms way again. We should be protecting our own borders not someone elses.
I voted no for different
I voted no for different reasons than those previously stated. The Medditerain part of the Mideast is a powder keg right now. The Arab spring has changed the leadership in Egypt from a nation willing to be at peace with Isreal to an anti Isreal posture. In order to support military operations in Syria, we would have to stage massive amounts of troops in both Isreal and lebanon.
I am very much in support of of Isreal, but staging troops there to conduct Syrian operations would be provacative to the entire region and would jepordize our relations with Arab states in Saudi Arabia and other gulf states where we now have basing privlages and such.
In both Gulf wars and Afganistan we DID have collation forces, in this particular region, short of Great Brittain, we wouldn't. Every nation is reluctant at this point to jump in there simply to prevent the appearance of Isreal vs Syria.
Also Russia is a very close ally of Syria as Syria is thie number one customer of of weapons systems in the world, jumping in here risk a restart of the cold war.
Should have had an option for
Should have had an option for "HELL NO!".
Hopefully the folks in charge have more sense than GW "Gotta prove my pecker's bigger'n my daddy's" Bush, and have a bit of restraint.
I vote we send McCain and
I vote we send McCain and Lieberman to Syria.
It's time that John McCain
It's time that John McCain and Joe Lieberman took their act down the road and quit banging the drum for war anytime there is a conflict.
Nothing more heartwarming
Nothing more heartwarming than sending American troops to another foreign country and burning billions American tax dollars in the process.