Syria about to get real ugly

[jsl_pt]

Nuke them from orbit, it's the only real solution to the problems in that part of the world.

Or we could just get the hell out of that region.

 

[milsurp2.0]

Will it be your second time around? I'm assuming you played World Police in Afghanistan, Iraq, Persian Gulf, Kosovo, or another such locale requiring policing?

Nope. Never went. Am I disqualified now?

 

[MLRyan]

So America has an obligation to intervene when innocent people are threatened (or attacked/killed) by ruthless dictators or neighboring countries, yet we're actively (like right now) ignoring other parts of the world where that exact same thing is happening.

Welcome to US foreign policy...it's crap

 

[MLRyan]

Nope. Never went. Am I disqualified now?

It's really easy to say "go fight" when you aren't and have never been the one doing the fighting.

 

[milsurp2.0]

It's really easy to say "go fight" when you aren't and have never been the one doing the fighting.

Well my son is thinking about signing up. Perhaps I should talk him out of then?

 

[vooduchikn]

I remember the Kurds getting gassed, why didn't someone do something about that?

They (Iraq) did, they first gassed the Kurds to make sure it worked and then they trucked the crap into Syria, which is why it was never found in Iraq and is why the nerve gas mixologist are busy right now.

 

[Glocktogo]

Nope. Never went. Am I disqualified now?

From your 1st Amendment rights to comment? Absolutely not. It does however put a serious dent in your credibility on the subject. One of the prime reasons we have so many credibility problems on the international stage is a disproportionately high number of talkers who are willing to put others at the tip of the spear, but not themselves.

 

[poopgiggle]

So America has an obligation to intervene when innocent people are threatened (or attacked/killed) by ruthless dictators or neighboring countries, yet we're actively (like right now) ignoring other parts of the world where that exact same thing is happening.

We need to pick our battles, and picking battles in parts of the world where we have a financial stake in the stability of their countries is as good of a criterion as any!

 

[milsurp2.0]

From your 1st Amendment rights to comment? Absolutely not. It does however put a serious dent in your credibility on the subject. One of the prime reasons we have so many credibility problems on the international stage is a disproportionately high number of talkers who are willing to put others at the tip of the spear, but not themselves.

Sorry I tried. A lack of high school diploma kept me out. By the time I got a GED I was married with kids. I was a wayward child on my own since 14. Trust me I wanted to go. My dad who I talked to occasionally told me I wouldn't like it and I regretted listening to him ever since.

 

[dugby]

Side note, wonder where they got Seran gas.

Iraq?