FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Sure, Assad used chemical weapons a couple of weeks ago.

But, how do we know he still has any, or maintains the ability to make any more?

He may have destroyed them, and his own capability to continue to make them.

 

I want to see the proof Assad was the one that used the weapons. So far we have heard accusations from the president, prominent Dems and John McCain. If we are going to launch a military strike against the Assad regime I expect the irrefutable proof to be laid out on the table, then voted on by Congress. I am past the point where I am willing to take Obama or Kerry's word for it. Would you agree? You want to see proof or are you satisfied with Obama saying it happened and providing no proof at all?

 

One of rumors during Iraq war was that the chemical weapons were moved to
Syria before invasion. It makes you wonder now if this actually happened.

 

Sympathetic? Nope. Unjustly targeted? I can understand that because we don't go after every single evil government and dictator unless we feel we can throw our weight around. Otherwise, we should be invading North Korea any day now.

 

I'm honestly not crazy about it, for the same reason that I just said above. There's evil all over the world. If China or Russia started using WMDs on its people, would we start attacking them? Highly unlikely, unless we want WWIII. Besides it's proximity to Israel (which I agree, is a major point), what makes Syria so special?

But I do, like I said when this thread reopened, find it funny that many of the same people who were so gung-ho earlier about Iraq are suddenly cautious about Syria, even though, if true, there's an immediate threat of WMD attacks to its populace, unlike Iraq, in which Saddam had basically been neutered.

 

Maybe people learned from history.

 

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."

– Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

 

Do you not think the loss of credibility by the Commander in Chief might have something to do with people not wanting American assets deployed again in the Middle East? I know I have no faith in Obama to successfully manage a bowel movement, let alone another war.

 

You're going to have to do waaaaaaaaaaaay better than something from media matters.

 

Do a Google search. Type in Republican and "Cut and Run". See how many web sites come up.

 

I'd say it's because of what happened with the last guy.

Think of it this way. If we just went into Afghanistan, with no Iraq war, would we be so hesitant to go into Syria now?

 

We should be hesitant to "go into" any country.

Let's not forget this Syria debate is well ahead of the timeline for the Iraq invasion, which from initial proposal to "boots on the ground" took almost seven months. It was also almost a month just to get Congress to vote.