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In reply to the discussion: So here's where I'm the unpopular dove [View all]4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)My main position is that our obligation as citizens is to our Armed Forces, that they be used right and proper. To protect them from misuse. You did not even ponder that in your equation one bit. It is not American lives are more important. It is a question of sending other people's loved ones into harms way for something that is not Fundamentally our Armed Forces dictate. That is how thousands were killed in Iraq. To me it is not a matter of those are Assad's people to do with what he wants. My duty is to the Americans that volunteer to protect and defend the United States, they waive their rights to free speech when they enlist so it is incumbent on us to speak for them loudly. This is not what OUR Armed Forces are for. In the last few decades we have abdicated that duty and have failed our fellow citizens to the tune of tens of thousands.
You say you do not have the right answers or the best one, but you are not even asking the right question. Do you want American Service People to die in Syria for Syria?
I was one of those people that was failed by our citizenry, I served Combat tours in Iraq and my life has be ruined by them. The biggest casualty is my children. You want to bomb Syria go buy a plane.
The first question should always be, "Should we go to War". Too many people ask "Can we win" first. Right then and there you have already closed debate.