Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1366048)

As much as the US gets called the world's police and yadda yadda yadda. The American public as even evidenced in this thread is tired of the US getting involved in other countries business especially while we still have two conflicts still ongoing. That's one of the main reasons why the US hasn't gotten involved in it until chemical attacks were done.

Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth (Post 1366054)

Putin is so full of it.

"I'm not protecting Assad, I'm protecting international law. International law states you can only attack by decision of the Security Council, which won't happen cause I'll use Russia's veto power to block any attempt to do so."
The problem is we can't fix the civil war with bombs. I don't think it would reduce the causalities nor make you any safer to do so.

Originally Posted by Xaidoz (Post 1366075)

If they were tired, or if Obama was tired then he wouldnt announce plans to attack in Syria, would he? t..

Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1365817)

Originally Posted by Xaidoz (Post 1366045)

Since I live in Israel, and I am relatively close to Syria where the civil war is ongoing, the whole thing truly concerns me. I was even scared it would spread to here, but I soon realized thats not gonna happen.....

Like most people(unless you are sadist) it is sickening for me to see the videos and photos of people being killed in various methods during the civil war over there. There is an urgent need for American interference over there and the news Ive heard lately about Obama considering to attack there soon, and then saying he's gonna wait instead afterwards.....I gotta admit that this cant wait. He should have ordered an attack long before even the chemical attacks in August occurred, since from what Ive heard.....they have already used chemical weapons in the civil war even before August 21.

Besides that, I have heard in the news that rockets were launched towards the northern part of Israel, but since I live in the central part it cannot reach the area that I live in.

Originally Posted by Xaidoz (Post 1366075)

If they were tired, or if Obama was tired then he wouldnt announce plans to attack in Syria, would he?

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1367044)

The majority of Americans aren't behind Obama on this. So far as I can see the only reason he wants to go in is because he opened his mouth about some arbitrary "red line" and doesn't want to look weak when it's been crossed and/or Israel.

Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1367064)

I don't think he cares about looking weak or else he would have just done the strikes without going to Congress first.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1367066)

So you think he's sincere about this being humanitarian?

Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1367068)

yes, why wouldn't he? Also it's more about the policy set by the rest of the world that chemical weapons is crossing the line. It's not just about the fact that people are dying.

Originally Posted by Xaidoz (Post 1366045)

Since I live in Israel, and I am relatively close to Syria where the civil war is ongoing, the whole thing truly concerns me. I was even scared it would spread to here, but I soon realized thats not gonna happen.....

Like most people(unless you are sadist) it is sickening for me to see the videos and photos of people being killed in various methods during the civil war over there. There is an urgent need for American interference over there and the news Ive heard lately about Obama considering to attack there soon, and then saying he's gonna wait instead afterwards.....I gotta admit that this cant wait. He should have ordered an attack long before even the chemical attacks in August occurred, since from what Ive heard.....they have already used chemical weapons in the civil war even before August 21.

Besides that, I have heard in the news that rockets were launched towards the northern part of Israel, but since I live in the central part it cannot reach the area that I live in.