With all the new talk about Kony in the middle of Africa, people seem to have completely forgotten about what has been going on in Syria.
The citizens of Syria have been protesting against President Bashar al-Assad and his government. The Syrian government has decided to stop these protesters with the use of violence.
President al-Assad has said that he would not talk to The United Nations as long as there were "terrorist groups operating within Syria".
As far as the U.S. goes, Obama is said to be unsure as to whether or not the U.S. should send military efforts into Syria. He wants to stop the bloodshed, but understand that military action may only worsen that. Republican Senator John McCain wants to have a military intervention with Syria.
What do you guys think? Military intervention?
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3 comments:
I believe that military intervention is not the way to go at this point simply because the U.S. has just pulled out of Iraq. With no major terrifying event and the election looming, I do not believe that Obama has enough political capital to send troops into another battle zone without plummeting approval ratings. On the other hand, if there were to be an U.N. sanctioned excursion in Syria where the U.S. collaborates with other nations fairly equally, a military intervention might work out in terms of citizen approval and the good of the Syrians.
Whatever McCain personally believes, I think the U.S. has been far too quick to jump to a military solution in past years, thus entangling us in various Middle-Eastern countries with recalcitrant terrain that pretty much removes any chance of our victory. I must echo what Kore said about Obama's approval ratings; furthermore, as he is soon approaching re-election, sending in troops to Syria will most likely not produce any positive results (if ever) before citizens vote in the general election, so any military action would be foolhardy if Obama wishes to remain in office.
I apologize for the repetition, but I agree completely with Sabrina and Kore. The US is highly unlikely to take action until well after the upcoming presidential election. Obama would not be wise to risk military intervention when his approval ratings are in question. Furthermore, such hasty entanglement would not really blend with his approach to foreign policy thus far.
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