04-13-2017, 10:49 AM
(04-12-2017, 06:54 PM)Mikebert Wrote:(04-12-2017, 01:09 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(04-12-2017, 07:02 AM)Mikebert Wrote:(04-11-2017, 10:23 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Yes. I suspect however that where Assad is concerned, "making sense" is not something on his mind. Only cruelty and oppression has ever made sense to him. Nothing he has done makes any sense.Is killing people with conventional explosives OK with you?
That's what Assad as done to 450,000 of his people; NO, not OK.
What about Americans killing people with conventional explosives? Is that OK with you?
NO, I am not in favor of drone attacks that kill innocent civilians, and I don't favor air attacks generally. But I am not too concerned about an air attack on an airbase from which gas and other attacks by Assad came. I understand there are questions about it, and in fact there should be about any action taken by Trump.
I would be in favor of an international invasion to overthrow Assad, at this point, if it does not trigger a war with Russia. That would have to be negotiated. Of course negotiations would be preferred, if there's hope of Russian cooperation. It is not happening, because the US and other rebel supporters do not have enough military involvement or credible threat. You can't negotiate with a criminal regime like Russia from a weak position. Sometimes military action is necessary against monstrous tyrants who endanger the world, as in the case of Assad and the Islamic State. Civilians are always in danger in any military operation.