Michael1942's Blog

The Syrian issue (that is exactly what it is) has many in an uproar but the issue is simple. Syria has been emboldened by their knowledge that Russia has their back and the idea that the U.S. will not attack them. The latter is not true but the secondary part is the loss of civilian life and the arming of potential enemies of the U.S. who have joined the “pure” rebels. These opportunists are hoping for U.S. intervention by way of weapons. When and if the current regime is toppled they (not the people) would take over and we have a bigger problem. This has happened in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas. The threats by Assad as far as attacks on the U.S. are not mindless even if improbable , the real threat is the one that Hezbollah will attack Israel and that would be a huge mistake for Hezbollah and Syria even if Mr. Assad does not realize it. The intervention by Russia is critical as their interests are at stake as well as the interests of the U.S. and their allies. The situation now is will Assad act to dismantle and give over the chemical weaponry all of them?  The U.S. does not want to get into another war even though many in the legislature and the citizenry  think we should ride in like cavalry, any action from us like that would result in extending military forces beyond the existing capabilities and once committed, we will be stuck for a long time in another foreign country with no assistance from anyone in the UN or elsewhere except for possibly Israel and some mid east allies.  Looking at all of the media covered columns, on air pundits and former government servants,  we have too many opinions (some fact based and some not) to get a true picture of what we should or could do if necessary. The best road for us is to hope our elected officials can evaluate all of the available information and arrive at a solution that will not involve us in another military action of any sort. There is no fault here except Mr. Assad’s and that should be addressed directly by the UN no matter what evidence beyond the massive deaths we know of. That is the only way to end this “issue”, it should not be incumbent on the U.S. to fight this battle alone.

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