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In reply to the discussion: I bleed red. I support intervention in Syria. [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,820 posts)I want NATO to intervene. . I want a global full court press.
This is genocide. This is the Kurds all over again.
Note - I consider myself a pacifist. My father was one of the first Green Berets - and as strong mentally as he was - I remember him screaming in the closet when I was a little girl. War did something to that man. And it does something to men and now . . . Women.
He hated war. Brought us down to DC ten years ago to protest Iraq. But I knew my dad. If we have a chance as a global community to help people - we must.
I'm just not willing to throw ONLY American men and women under the bus. If the UN won't act - I want it disbanded tomorrow. I don't want some woman at the next DU in 60 years to say: We had another S. S. St. Louis.
These people aren't showing up and looking for refuge - they aren't even asking for help.
But if we can pinpoint where that gas is . . .