Wish somebody could explain exactly how Syria is a threat to our national security (middle east, health care)

[HappyTexan]

Your government says they are so just believe them.
Here..have another glass of koolaid. You'll feel better after a 2nd glass.

[Casper in Dallas]

Originally Posted by DoD Guy

I'm sure the dim warmongers will shortly chime in with their logic...

So you ask a question then insult those that might reply, yeah right, that will get you just what any other troll thread attempts to get.

[Chimuelojones]

Originally Posted by DoD Guy

I'm sure the dim warmongers will shortly chime in with their logic...

Who claimed that Syria was a threat to our national security?

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

Has Assad has declared war with the U.S? Nope.

Has Assad threatened to attack the U.S. or any of its allies? Nope.

Bombing a country because its dictator gassed its own people doesn't fly with me. Isn't the U.S. involved with enough countries and wars as it is?

Assad claims he did not do it. So who is telling the truth?

And like you said - it doesn't involve us. We have our own problems.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by Hoonose

We were convinced somehow that through VN we would be pushing back the then perceived threat of Communist China. Iraq was WMD/Saddam right or wrong.

Sounds more like excuses for inane foreign policy than explanations.

Originally Posted by Hoonose

With Syria it's tricky. Because the real threat to our National Security is Iran. So what we do in or to Syria has to be weighed against how that affects what we want with Iran. i.e. with proper politicking this could form the basis for some positive movement/compromise or whatever with Iran in our favor. Or not....

The real threat to our national security is sticking our nose in far too many places it doesn't belong while ignoring the problems we have at home.

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by burdell

Sounds more like excuses for inane foreign policy than explanations.



The real threat to our national security is sticking our nose in far too many places it doesn't belong while ignoring the problems we have at home.

With your first comment I agree.
Unfortunately with the real possibility of Nukes Iran has to be on our clear and present danger list.

[Chimuelojones]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Your government says they are so just believe them.
Here..have another glass of koolaid. You'll feel better after a 2nd glass.

And yet this is the same very govenment you want to choose a national religion? The very folk you want as your moral compass?

Something is caddywampus.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by Hoonose

With your first comment I agree.
Unfortunately with the real possibility of Nukes Iran has to be on our clear and present danger list.

Uh, we've been hearing Iran was weeks away from nukes for how many years now? And there has been a statement by the head of the Mossad that a nuclear Iran was not necessarily a threat.

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by burdell

Uh, we've been hearing Iran was weeks away from nukes for how many years now? And there has been a statement by the head of the Mossad that a nuclear Iran was not necessarily a threat.

I would guess it's still years. For me that's close enough.
Of course I would like it to be the truth, but any statement released by the Mossad I would take with a grain of salt.

[aneftp]

The US has to justify its bloated Defense budget once in a while. We all know that.

I don't see the US going into many African countries that have been unstable for decades and using real military force.

So they cherry pick when to use real force.