An Existential Choice
This isn't the first time the world and the United States faced issues regarding the use of force.
Syria's use of chemical weapons is pretty obvious from the amount of evidence provided us by our leaders.
This is one of those philosophy class moments. To decide to do something big, less big, the same, or less, or even a lot less will be doing something whether we like it or not. I'm sort of relieved I don't represent the 22nd District in Florida. Reluctantly, in spite of anything previously written, I favor some limited action to stop the further use of chemical weapons.
If you listen to those that are speaking the loudest we won't do much, if you believe the President we will do something more than what we have done so far hoping it won't lead us down the rabbit hole as in Iraq.
Tom Friedman called this a religious war between the Sunnis, Shiites over who will lead Islam. I'm not sure what the proper analogy is, but there are many. Leading more than a few to think WTF, let's skip this adventure. I understand this point of view logically, but think it misses the danger involved in doing nothing and the risk of more dangerous miscalculation of our will in the future. To some this is already a problem.
How tortured will the debate in Congress be since they have been called on for what will probably be a non binding opinion and how will the President, the public, and the rest of the world react to something that probably needs to be done but will fall short. Individually you might hear an insightful speech or two but I'm almost resigned to more of the same, politics as usual response with outliers in both parties being strange bedfellows, supporting or opposing any military action.
Syria's use of chemical weapons is pretty obvious from the amount of evidence provided us by our leaders.
This is one of those philosophy class moments. To decide to do something big, less big, the same, or less, or even a lot less will be doing something whether we like it or not. I'm sort of relieved I don't represent the 22nd District in Florida. Reluctantly, in spite of anything previously written, I favor some limited action to stop the further use of chemical weapons.
If you listen to those that are speaking the loudest we won't do much, if you believe the President we will do something more than what we have done so far hoping it won't lead us down the rabbit hole as in Iraq.
Tom Friedman called this a religious war between the Sunnis, Shiites over who will lead Islam. I'm not sure what the proper analogy is, but there are many. Leading more than a few to think WTF, let's skip this adventure. I understand this point of view logically, but think it misses the danger involved in doing nothing and the risk of more dangerous miscalculation of our will in the future. To some this is already a problem.
How tortured will the debate in Congress be since they have been called on for what will probably be a non binding opinion and how will the President, the public, and the rest of the world react to something that probably needs to be done but will fall short. Individually you might hear an insightful speech or two but I'm almost resigned to more of the same, politics as usual response with outliers in both parties being strange bedfellows, supporting or opposing any military action.
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