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In reply to the discussion: President Obama is NOT a tool of the banks/MIC, a liar or a murderous warmonger [View all]MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)Ok, so Barack Obama seems poised to drag us into another military conflict. It's a bad idea.
1. The opposition to Assad is rife with al Qaeda/islamists. Shall we put them in power? If not, how do we prevent it?
2. How many people will WE kill as a result of our military involvement? What of the Christian and Alawite minorities after the fall of Assad? What of the Sunni/Shia conflict after the Christian/Alawite ethnic cleansing?
3. The President has said that it seems clear that the Assad regime used chemical weapons, but I don't believe him. I don't trust the people advising him. I don't trust the organizations in charge of providing the intel. I'm not saying the President is lying (per se) but I don't think he's actually telling the truth.
I happen to think that it's equally likely that an opposition faction released the gas as it is that the Assad regime did. Given that one side has everything to gain and one side only has everything to lose, I think it tips the balance toward the opposition having done it.
That may be wrong. If it's wrong the President OWES us the full, unvarnished, unclassified truth before putting our military into the conflict.
Yes, I said it, OWES us the full, unclassified truth. I don't take the President's word for it.