Obama on Syria: 'I have not made a decision'

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/28/20227083-obama-on-syria-i-have-not-made-a-decision?lite

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57600534/obama-i-have-not-made-a-decision-on-syria-military-strike/

We all should just leave them alone. Why use our hard-earned resources to deal with another country? We are not the world's policeman. We have problems of our own.

We all should just leave them alone. Why use our hard-earned resources to deal with another country? We are not the world's policeman. We have problems of our own.

Cyberdot

Precisely.  I don't remember the part of the Constitution that says "try to make all other countries behave just like our own."  

 'I have not made a decision'

should've been his campaign slogan.

I hope they stay out of it, before it gets turned into a proxy war.

I hope they stay out of it, before it gets turned into a proxy war.

deeliman

Isn't this already a proxy war?

I hope they stay out of it, before it gets turned into a proxy war.

deeliman

I hope they stay out of it, before it gets turned into a proxy war.

deeliman

welfare and warfare 4eva

[QUOTE="deeliman"]

I hope they stay out of it, before it gets turned into a proxy war.

BossPerson

[QUOTE="deeliman"]

I hope they stay out of it, before it gets turned into a proxy war.

EYE-OF-HORUS999

Isn't this already a proxy war?

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[QUOTE="deeliman"]

I hope they stay out of it, before it gets turned into a proxy war.

deeliman

Isn't this already a proxy war?

Is it already confirmed that NATO is supplying the rebels? If not, then it's not really a proxy war yet.deeliman

[QUOTE="deeliman"]Is it already confirmed that NATO is supplying the rebels? If not, then it's not really a proxy war yet.Saturos3091

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[QUOTE="deeliman"]Is it already confirmed that NATO is supplying the rebels? If not, then it's not really a proxy war yet.deeliman

If we can have the cool parts of the Cold War (lite pun intended) then I'm all for it. 

-Technological advances
-Space Exploration
-Society feeling passively unified against a common "enemy" yet not going to war over it.
-Economic dick-wagging (but this time without exploding the national debt)

All the other stuff I think I could live without.

If we can have the cool parts of the Cold War (lite pun intended) then I'm all for it. 

-Technological advances
-Space Exploration
-Society feeling passively unified against a common "enemy" yet not going to war over it.
-Economic dick-wagging (but this time without exploding the national debt)

All the other stuff I think I could live without.

Saturos3091

If we can have the cool parts of the Cold War (lite pun intended) then I'm all for it. 

-Technological advances
-Space Exploration
-Society feeling passively unified against a common "enemy" yet not going to war over it.
-Economic dick-wagging (but this time without exploding the national debt)

All the other stuff I think I could live without.

Saturos3091

We could pick something like disease as a common enemy. Or maybe aging.

KungfuKitten

Does he ever decide on anything?

I think Congress should make the ultimate decision on whether or not we do anything in Syria. That way the blame can be placed on the House and Senate leadership, and we can get them the hell out of their offices.

Obama might be stuck in a bind. If he attack without Congress authorization it will be out in the open how big of a hypocrite he is. If he doesn't attack then the world will know his word means nothing. And right now I think the Obama Administration is worried of a rejection of authorization by Congress just like Cameron suffered today and be politically cripple for the rest of his 2nd term.

Obama loses either way. If he doesn't intervene now he will lose the respect of the international community and Assad knows he can get away with anything he wants. If he does strike Syria he loses support in his own country.

Look at Egypt, Mohammed got kicked out, yet there is still death going on over there, same with Iraq and Libya. Mickeyminime

Yeah if a full invasion of Iraq and billions spent on nation building can't produce good results after all these years I doubt firing some cruise missiles into Syria can do much. It might even prompt Assad to use more chemical weapons out of desperation (if he did indeed use them) and if that happened what then? Put boots on the ground? The public wouldn't go for that and I don't think any western nation is in the position to afford it. The Iraq war destroyed the will to engage in intervention and nation building and after the 2008 economic crisis there is less money available for such endeavours. Just today in Iraq 23 died in attacks and 56 yesterday, this is after a decade in that nation trying to stabilise the situation.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/29/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

[QUOTE="Cyberdot"]

We all should just leave them alone. Why use our hard-earned resources to deal with another country? We are not the world's policeman. We have problems of our own.

hartsickdiscipl

Precisely.  I don't remember the part of the Constitution that says "try to make all other countries behave just like our own."  

 'I have not made a decision'

should've been his campaign slogan.

Jimn_tonic

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="Cyberdot"]

We all should just leave them alone. Why use our hard-earned resources to deal with another country? We are not the world's policeman. We have problems of our own.

The_Power_of_X

Precisely.  I don't remember the part of the Constitution that says "try to make all other countries behave just like our own."  

Nothing is for free, when providing that help and aid it is being done in the best interest of the US.

There's going to be another war.

Could the US really get nuked or do we have ways of preventing that?Ugalde-

[QUOTE="Ugalde-"]Could the US really get nuked or do we have ways of preventing that?Commander-Gree

Could the US really get nuked or do we have ways of preventing that?Ugalde-

[QUOTE="Ugalde-"]Could the US really get nuked or do we have ways of preventing that?Makhaidos

[QUOTE="Makhaidos"][QUOTE="Ugalde-"]Could the US really get nuked or do we have ways of preventing that?Ugalde-

[QUOTE="Makhaidos"][QUOTE="Ugalde-"]Could the US really get nuked or do we have ways of preventing that?Ugalde-

[QUOTE="Makhaidos"][QUOTE="Ugalde-"]Could the US really get nuked or do we have ways of preventing that?Ugalde-

No, the point is that nuclear war is so catastrophic that no rational country would risk one. This is what the whole Cold War was about. Russia and China are rational players.

...I think it's safe to say that the Middle East is just going to be an eternal warzone.

Attacking Syria will only lead to bad relations with Russia and possibly China. 

I can't think of any AMERICAN military intervention from the last 30 years that went right or started from the correct intel. curono

The 1st Gulf War, the Libya Intervention.

[QUOTE="curono"]I can't think of any AMERICAN military intervention from the last 30 years that went right or started from the correct intel. Master_Live

The 1st Gulf War, the Libya Intervention.

Totally worth all the nerve gas inhalation.

No. If we declare war on Syria, essentially we will be declaring war on Iran. They aren't a direct threat to the United States and the rebels themselves are terrorists. We having nothing to gain from this.