Question: Why No Intervention in Syria from Pres. Obama?

[pc2bama]

Syria is in the process of a full-fledged slaughter of its citizens. Friday tens of thousands protested the shooting of 4 students who were killed during a protest earlier. How did the Assad troops respond? They fired live rounds into the throngs. While I am not one AT ALL to call for U.S. involvement I can't understand the selective nature of this administration's approach. They ignored the Green Revolution in Iran yet embrace the clearly terrorist (Islamist) takeover in Egypt. THey get involved in Libya without knowing who the opposition was yet do nothing with Syria. I'm just confused by the total lack of a coherent strategy in this region. I have very little confidence in their foreign policy at this moment.

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[CajunCrimson]

We are TOO close to election day. "Another War" appearance would counteract the Occupy Movement -- and would not excite the base......

 

[Bama4Ever831]

We are TOO close to election day. "Another War" appearance would counteract the Occupy Movement -- and would not excite the base......

I think it's all about the closeness to election day.

 

[uafan4life]

We are TOO close to election day. "Another War" appearance would counteract the Occupy Movement -- and would not excite the base......

I think it's all about the closeness to election day.

Which is really pathetic when you think about it.

 

[92tide]

here are some thoughts on the matter i ran across

Nobody expects the current diplomatic path to quickly or easily end the conflict in Syria, but military intervention does not offer a compelling alternative. There are no cheap or easy forms of military intervention which would quickly bring down the regime of Bashar al-Assad or effectively protect Syrian civilians. Military half-measures, including safe zones, humanitarian corridors and arming the Syrian opposition, would likely spread the violence and increase the numbers of Syrian dead without increasing the likelihood of regime collapse. An initially limited intervention would most likely pave the way to more direct and expensive involvement comparable to the experience in Iraq.

 

[Bamaro]

Simple, Libya was relatively easy, Syria wont be.

 

[MegaVars]

Sad but true, they ain't got nothin' we want or need.

 

[Bama_Dawg]

Simple, Libya was relatively easy, Syria wont be.

This. It's about cost vs. reward.

As for the politics of it, I'll look around for the study, but I'm pretty sure starting a war does wonders for a president's approval rating. It's when the war continues endlessly that people get antsy.

 

[CajunCrimson]

This. It's about cost vs. reward.

As for the politics of it, I'll look around for the study, but I'm pretty sure starting a war does wonders for a president's approval rating. It's when the war continues endlessly that people get antsy.

Not when you are a Socialist -- and your base is full of people who don't pay taxes and 20somethings who live with their Mom and Dad..... (let's see how quickly that brings them out )

 

[swoop10]

Not when you are a Socialist -- and your base is full of people who don't pay taxes and 20somethings who live with their Mom and Dad..... (let's see how quickly that brings them out )

I really don't understand why people call him a Socialist. You have no evidence what so ever.

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[Giant Squid]

Because it would be an astoundingly stupid idea. Even stupider than the Iraq invasion.

 

[cbi1972]

The best reason is that we have no duty to interfere with sovereign governments in their domestic affairs, but that is clearly not the real reason.

 

[Bama4Ever831]

Which is really pathetic when you think about it.

I agree, but let's not assume both sides dont do it.

 

[Tide1986]

I think it's all about the closeness to election day.

...and the closeness of Russia.

 

[bamacon]

Hell, Russia is giving them pointers. Nobody knows how to brutalize their own populace like the czarists. The Bamacon Doctrine is to never stop radical Islamists from killing each other.

 

[Giant Squid]

The Bamacon Doctrine is to never stop radical Islamists from killing each other.

That's not what's happening in Syria.

 

[bamacon]

That's not what's happening in Syria.

I know. But it was in Libya and Obama stepped in. The radicals were taking over in Egypt and Obama encouraged it. It seems the president is supporting the wrong side when he does speak or act and when he is mum (i.e. Iran's Green Revolution or Syria) he is once again supporting the wrong side by not saying anything.

 

[Giant Squid]

It seems the president is supporting the wrong side when he does speak or act and when he is mum (i.e. Iran's Green Revolution or Syria) he is once again supporting the wrong side by not saying anything.

I have no idea why you think that an endorsement from the president of the United States would somehow be helpful to the movements in Syria and Iran. Avoiding any perception of an American puppet-master element is one of the best things Obama could possibly do for those people.

 

[RhodeIslandRed]

Libyan oil is important to Europe. Syria is important to no one.

 

[bamacon]

I have no idea why you think that an endorsement from the president of the United States would somehow be helpful to the movements in Syria and Iran. Avoiding any perception of an American puppet-master element is one of the best things Obama could possibly do for those people.

You don't think the words of support from an American president don't have bearing in freedom movements? Tell that to the freedom fighters in Eastern Europe after Reagan, Thatcher, and Pope JPII gave their full-throated endorsement to freedom from the Iron Curtain. It can matter a lot. The Green Revolution was very different than some of these others in the Middle East. We can "meddle" by not meddling too. Our existense is meddling to the Islamists.