1426 with over 400 children
hospital personnel were struggling for their lives - they are suppose to be exempt from any weapons - Geneva Conventions
shelled neighborhoods to destroy evidence
un access was restricted and controlled = snipers
The dangers of looking the other way
Choice today has great consequences...??????????
WWI started a clear red line for the international community
"A stiff breeze" - True. Sarin gas can travel over a distance.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. bombings of Iraqi munitions factories (click here) in January 1991 released a plume of sarin gas that traveled more than 300 miles to affect American troops in Saudi Arabia, although military officials claimed at the time that chemical alarms triggered by the gas were false, a study released today shows....
Ah, credibility is on the line for the USA - I don't buy that. This opinion swings both ways. No matter what President Obama does he will be ridiculed for political gains by USA politicians and other nations. I think he is fully able to discern the problem, the military capacity of the USA and act within his CONSTITUTIONAL role as Commander and Chief. Imagine what Congress would have done with the capture of bin Laden?
Everyone is watching. Twitter probably.
What is the risk of doing nothing? No risk. The capacity of the USA to know what is being conduct by Assad is significant. The only sincere risk the USA has to realize is the risk to allies and their wishes for their nation and that of their people.
Will they remember the world stood aside and allowed Assad complete impunity? No cares? There is no impunity here at all. Where does anyone get that idea? Assad is under attack by his own people. He is at war to remain as leader of his nation. What impunity exists for him? He is now known to act desperately against his people while killing the innocent. There is no impunity here. He has committed human rights violations. He has killed children, where in the Geneva Conventions does that allow impunity?
What is difficult for the USA at this point is to realize they can't stop Assad within the legal limits presented to it. The people of the USA are used to power mongers like Cheney. The USA TAKES it's victories without question to "The Victory" itself. That is Old World.
Our choices will effect our role in the world. Really? No it won't. The SPENDING and "The Sequester" will effect our role in the world. Does anyone actually believe the USA will lose status if there is NO KILLING by the USA? No rocket launches? That is not a realistic statement and only enforces an unrealistic view the American people hold of their nation.
Crime against conscience and humanity and it matters to us. Not so much. It really depends on whether the USA can add to the survival of the people of Syria. I am not convinced of that. If the USA were ever to enter the borders of Syria to fight a war, many more people would die than Assad can kill alone. Blunting his ability to kill can be helpful, but, for the USA to enter the war would only cause greater numbers of dead, including children.
Here come the allies. Arab Nations, ..., Turkey is stating emphatically this is Assad's problem. Fine.
The UN investigation will acknowledge the weapons were used and not pointing a finger at the evil doer.
The USA makes it's own decisions. Americans are tired of war. Not so much. We are tired of the lies and the deceptions and the NATIONAL DEBT of military obligations while we are UNEMPLOYED and UNDERPAID!
The negotiating table. It would be good, but, we are not going to fight a civil war.
There is no doubt there are human rights abuses. The problem is what ends them and how best to bring that about. The danger to other nations cannot be denied. They are our allies. They have been willing to go above their ability to assist with human refugees. They are incredible countries.
I don't see why the diplomatic efforts can't go forward. I need to hear from others. I think Turkey has made it's views known.
The percentage of the dead is not that of genocide. The numbers don't reflect that, so there is no sense in making that argument.
The reporting is very precise. There are estimates of dead numbering 80,000 to over 106,000. That is not genocide, so I refuse to participate in that deception.
The chemical weapons attack happened and are in full view of the world. Assad is not regarded as a leader of his people regardless of his position in control of his military's capacity to some extent. Assad is about in the same place as Saddam at this point. He is alone. He is not part of an Arab League and as a matter of fact he has been disdained for his treatment of the people of his nation.
Syria's current civil war is a result of a larger picture, including that of the rise of the Shi'ites that have traditionally manifested only in radicalized groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Jihad and all the famous clubs of death. There is a problem. The Shi'ites are seeking a stable existence in the world and compared to other nations, their secure hold on their status is very new, since the Iranian Revolution where our diplomatic mission fell to kidnapping.
Assad is a Shi'ite.
Will the USA's rockets stop the killing? No. It will hopefully destroy the missile capacity that threaten allies. That needs to be a clear ability and not the US military's best guess to the direction of the assault.
It is up to President Obama. I am confident he will seek the truth, make a decision and act to end danger to other nations. It will not end the civil war and it still won't secure the chemical weapon plants of Syria, but, it will end the capacity to deliver them to other nations.
Will Syria be more willing to settle in diplomatic circles should their missile capacity be destroyed? Quite possibly. As a matter of fact there would be more reason for Assad to end his reign of terror. I don't envy the President. No matter his decision, the close scrutiny by him has saved lives. That is a fact.
End.
hospital personnel were struggling for their lives - they are suppose to be exempt from any weapons - Geneva Conventions
shelled neighborhoods to destroy evidence
un access was restricted and controlled = snipers
The dangers of looking the other way
Choice today has great consequences...??????????
WWI started a clear red line for the international community
"A stiff breeze" - True. Sarin gas can travel over a distance.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. bombings of Iraqi munitions factories (click here) in January 1991 released a plume of sarin gas that traveled more than 300 miles to affect American troops in Saudi Arabia, although military officials claimed at the time that chemical alarms triggered by the gas were false, a study released today shows....
Ah, credibility is on the line for the USA - I don't buy that. This opinion swings both ways. No matter what President Obama does he will be ridiculed for political gains by USA politicians and other nations. I think he is fully able to discern the problem, the military capacity of the USA and act within his CONSTITUTIONAL role as Commander and Chief. Imagine what Congress would have done with the capture of bin Laden?
Everyone is watching. Twitter probably.
What is the risk of doing nothing? No risk. The capacity of the USA to know what is being conduct by Assad is significant. The only sincere risk the USA has to realize is the risk to allies and their wishes for their nation and that of their people.
Will they remember the world stood aside and allowed Assad complete impunity? No cares? There is no impunity here at all. Where does anyone get that idea? Assad is under attack by his own people. He is at war to remain as leader of his nation. What impunity exists for him? He is now known to act desperately against his people while killing the innocent. There is no impunity here. He has committed human rights violations. He has killed children, where in the Geneva Conventions does that allow impunity?
What is difficult for the USA at this point is to realize they can't stop Assad within the legal limits presented to it. The people of the USA are used to power mongers like Cheney. The USA TAKES it's victories without question to "The Victory" itself. That is Old World.
Our choices will effect our role in the world. Really? No it won't. The SPENDING and "The Sequester" will effect our role in the world. Does anyone actually believe the USA will lose status if there is NO KILLING by the USA? No rocket launches? That is not a realistic statement and only enforces an unrealistic view the American people hold of their nation.
Crime against conscience and humanity and it matters to us. Not so much. It really depends on whether the USA can add to the survival of the people of Syria. I am not convinced of that. If the USA were ever to enter the borders of Syria to fight a war, many more people would die than Assad can kill alone. Blunting his ability to kill can be helpful, but, for the USA to enter the war would only cause greater numbers of dead, including children.
Here come the allies. Arab Nations, ..., Turkey is stating emphatically this is Assad's problem. Fine.
The UN investigation will acknowledge the weapons were used and not pointing a finger at the evil doer.
The USA makes it's own decisions. Americans are tired of war. Not so much. We are tired of the lies and the deceptions and the NATIONAL DEBT of military obligations while we are UNEMPLOYED and UNDERPAID!
The negotiating table. It would be good, but, we are not going to fight a civil war.
There is no doubt there are human rights abuses. The problem is what ends them and how best to bring that about. The danger to other nations cannot be denied. They are our allies. They have been willing to go above their ability to assist with human refugees. They are incredible countries.
I don't see why the diplomatic efforts can't go forward. I need to hear from others. I think Turkey has made it's views known.
The percentage of the dead is not that of genocide. The numbers don't reflect that, so there is no sense in making that argument.
The reporting is very precise. There are estimates of dead numbering 80,000 to over 106,000. That is not genocide, so I refuse to participate in that deception.
The chemical weapons attack happened and are in full view of the world. Assad is not regarded as a leader of his people regardless of his position in control of his military's capacity to some extent. Assad is about in the same place as Saddam at this point. He is alone. He is not part of an Arab League and as a matter of fact he has been disdained for his treatment of the people of his nation.
Syria's current civil war is a result of a larger picture, including that of the rise of the Shi'ites that have traditionally manifested only in radicalized groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Jihad and all the famous clubs of death. There is a problem. The Shi'ites are seeking a stable existence in the world and compared to other nations, their secure hold on their status is very new, since the Iranian Revolution where our diplomatic mission fell to kidnapping.
Assad is a Shi'ite.
Will the USA's rockets stop the killing? No. It will hopefully destroy the missile capacity that threaten allies. That needs to be a clear ability and not the US military's best guess to the direction of the assault.
It is up to President Obama. I am confident he will seek the truth, make a decision and act to end danger to other nations. It will not end the civil war and it still won't secure the chemical weapon plants of Syria, but, it will end the capacity to deliver them to other nations.
Will Syria be more willing to settle in diplomatic circles should their missile capacity be destroyed? Quite possibly. As a matter of fact there would be more reason for Assad to end his reign of terror. I don't envy the President. No matter his decision, the close scrutiny by him has saved lives. That is a fact.
End.
