What should the US do about Syria?

Curious what peoples opinions are on this.

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I fully support Military action and taking Assad Out! If Trump said lets get this guy. Then I support it. Not all like Trump I get it and it cost money to go to war. Something has to happen or else they will continue to do it.
Syria has to be dealt with! They have done this twice now! Everyone in the world should support taking him out. Watch one video of the attack...look at the photos...do not look away...I seriously am sick to my stomach looking at the videos and pictures of those poor children. I cry every time I think about it. They gassed them as they slept..they did not know they were coming. No chance to survive. Chemical Attacks like this, MUST end!
I pray that this world can change because anyone that can do that to children and see the outcome is a heartless person who should die!

Message edited 4/5/2017 2:51:55 PM.

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Posted by Jonsgirl04

I fully support Military action and taking Assad Out! If Trump said lets get this guy. Then I support it. Not all like Trump I get it and it cost money to go to war. Something has to happen or else they will continue to do it.
Syria has to be dealt with! They have done this twice now! Everyone in the world should support taking him out. Watch one video of the attack...look at the photos...do not look away...I seriously am sick to my stomach looking at the videos and pictures of those poor children. I cry every time I think about it. They gassed them as they slept..they did not know they were coming. No chance to survive. Chemical Attacks like this, MUST end!
I pray that this world can change because anyone that can do that to children and see the outcome is a heartless person who should die!

What should the US do about Syria?

I honestly have no idea. Assad needs to go, but there are so many variables in that region that it's a tough call. Do we get into another Iraq situation? I don't think that would be wise for our country right now.

I am sickened by the images I saw yesterday, but just don't know how to proceed. Take out Assad, and then what?

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This type of thing is one (of a long list) reason why I would never want to be President. There is no "good" response...

If we go in and take out Assad, then we're meddling, nation-building, spending money on another war, sending men out to die in battle, etc. Also, a lot of experts think that as terrible as Assad is, he's maintaining a balance in Syria, and without him, there would be even more fighting and bloodshed in the region. He was also "democratically elected" two times, so it looks very bad if we take out someone whom the citizens supposedly want in power.

If we don't go in, we're allowing a vicious man to kill children and other innocent civilians on a regular basis, repeatedly commit International war crimes, as well as a long list of human rights violations.

No matter what option we take, at least half the country will hate that decision.

From a humanitarian point of view, we should definitely take him out. From a military, nation-building, economic, regional stability point of view, I don't think we should.
Those two polar opposite views don't sit well with me, and I'm not the one making life-changing decisions for millions of people....

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Posted by Bugaboo

Posted by GoldenRod

This type of thing is one (of a long list) reason why I would never want to be President. There is no "good" response...

If we go in and take out Assad, then we're meddling, nation-building, spending money on another war, sending men out to die in battle, etc. Also, a lot of experts think that as terrible as Assad is, he's maintaining a balance in Syria, and without him, there would be even more fighting and bloodshed in the region. He was also "democratically elected" two times, so it looks very bad if we take out someone whom the citizens supposedly want in power.

If we don't go in, we're allowing a vicious man to kill children and other innocent civilians on a regular basis, repeatedly commit International war crimes, as well as a long list of human rights violations.

No matter what option we take, at least half the country will hate that decision.

From a humanitarian point of view, we should definitely take him out. From a military, nation-building, economic, regional stability point of view, I don't think we should.
Those two polar opposite views don't sit well with me, and I'm not the one making life-changing decisions for millions of people....

It is a difficult situation but it's just crocodile tears from the same people who want to close the door on accepting Syrian refugees and have labeled them as terrorists. It's ok to help these innocent people by going over to Syria but no way in hell would we want to help them if it involved them being on US soil.

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Posted by GoldenRod

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Posted by GoldenRod

This type of thing is one (of a long list) reason why I would never want to be President. There is no "good" response...

If we go in and take out Assad, then we're meddling, nation-building, spending money on another war, sending men out to die in battle, etc. Also, a lot of experts think that as terrible as Assad is, he's maintaining a balance in Syria, and without him, there would be even more fighting and bloodshed in the region. He was also "democratically elected" two times, so it looks very bad if we take out someone whom the citizens supposedly want in power.

If we don't go in, we're allowing a vicious man to kill children and other innocent civilians on a regular basis, repeatedly commit International war crimes, as well as a long list of human rights violations.

No matter what option we take, at least half the country will hate that decision.

From a humanitarian point of view, we should definitely take him out. From a military, nation-building, economic, regional stability point of view, I don't think we should.
Those two polar opposite views don't sit well with me, and I'm not the one making life-changing decisions for millions of people....

It is a difficult situation but it's just crocodile tears from the same people who want to close the door on accepting Syrian refugees and have labeled them as terrorists. It's ok to help these innocent people by going over to Syria but no way in hell would we want to help them if it involved them being on US soil.

Sending (or not sending) in military to take out Assan *should* be a completely different topic than taking in refugees, and not necessarily connected. For me, there isn't a question about whether or not we should take them in. Syrian refugees are already "extremely vetted", so I think we should take them in.

However, I do agree with you that there are a lot of people who do think the refugees are terrorists, and we should only "help" them by bombing their country...

What should the US do about Syria?

We're not just dealing with one group here. It's a difficult and delicate situation that requires a lot more than just wiping out Assad and his militants. There will still be thousands of displaced persons, and what then? I think a really strong plan should be put into place to prevent another regime from taking over that's equally as oppressive and violent. I think it is safe to say the new borders need to be drawn as well but we should not be the ones deciding how to do that . Military support and eight is my choice but I do not think bombing the crap out of them alone will solve anything

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Trump just ordered military strikes in syria

From what i hear there isnt proof that Asaad did this and it could be ISIS?

Many syrians support assaad.

Message edited 4/6/2017 9:26:06 PM.

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Posted by Bugaboo

Posted by GoldenRod

This type of thing is one (of a long list) reason why I would never want to be President. There is no "good" response...

If we go in and take out Assad, then we're meddling, nation-building, spending money on another war, sending men out to die in battle, etc. Also, a lot of experts think that as terrible as Assad is, he's maintaining a balance in Syria, and without him, there would be even more fighting and bloodshed in the region. He was also "democratically elected" two times, so it looks very bad if we take out someone whom the citizens supposedly want in power.

If we don't go in, we're allowing a vicious man to kill children and other innocent civilians on a regular basis, repeatedly commit International war crimes, as well as a long list of human rights violations.

No matter what option we take, at least half the country will hate that decision.

From a humanitarian point of view, we should definitely take him out. From a military, nation-building, economic, regional stability point of view, I don't think we should.
Those two polar opposite views don't sit well with me, and I'm not the one making life-changing decisions for millions of people....

It is a difficult situation but it's just crocodile tears from the same people who want to close the door on accepting Syrian refugees and have labeled them as terrorists. It's ok to help these innocent people by going over to Syria but no way in hell would we want to help them if it involved them being on US soil.

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I don't think this was ISIS. it will be interesting to see what the responses are from our allies tomorrow. Trump definitely sent a message tonight. There were Russian troops at that base at one point. Let's hope they were out of there before this happened.

What should the US do about Syria?

So far, the response has been good. It was well executed, that's for sure.

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I'm glad Trump decided to attack. However, he needs to be forthcoming about what changed his mind to intervene because his stance on Syria and Assad literally turned on a dime.

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Ugh, the repercussions of this attack remain to be seem but IMHO American policy is so short-sighted, especially foreign policy.

This was exemplified by the "mission accomplished" speech 41 days into the invasion of Iraq. Sure, there was a plan to invade the country and topple Saddam - a very good plan which worked quite well considering it only took 41 days to win the war.
The problem is that there was no plan to win the peace. After we won, we had no idea what to do next, and it just became a mess. People forget, after the second world war, we had the Marshall Plan, which involved significant financial investment into Europe, and a similar policy in Asia. We occupied Germany and Japan for several years, rewriting their laws and policies, and reshaping their cultuers. We also established bases in Germany and Japan that are still in use. Compare that to Afghanistan, where we financed the Mujahadeen during their war against the soviet union, but then refused to provide financial aid afterwards, or Russia, which after the collapse of the soviet union was left in complete disarray for years.

It seems that American policy is to go in and get rid of X regime, then leave (or take a hands-off approach) that leaves the country a mess. Then we rightfully get blamed for creating the mess, and a few years later have to start all over again. We really ought to clean up our mess, and build a country up. And that doesn't mean indiscriminately pouring money in, it means making smart investments to ensure that most peoples quality of life improves while shaping industry and education toward our ideals.

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What should the US do about Syria?

I am conflicted on this.

Assad is fighting the rebels in his country which are Isis and other Radical Islamic groups.

While I am for the fight against terror, there are children being killed, washed up, etc etc etc. And tons of people. It is crazy.

The use of chemical weapons is a no-no. It is scary that he has them and this needs to be stopped.

Trump sent the message by doing attacking a base, not in an area where there are people and housing.
I support Trump because this sends a message to China and Korea.

But now what? Look at how Iraq panned out. I always said GWB created Isis due to his involvement in Iraq.

I hope there is a well thought out plan. We shall see.

Now the question remains. Trump pissed off Russia. Does the left still think he and Putin are BFF’s?

Message edited 4/7/2017 12:00:23 PM.