The Eve of War

To me the question is why would Assad use a crummy low impact weapon like Chlorine etc when he can get Russia to level city blocks at his request? I don't like Assad, but I like him better than the terrorists he is killing. In the long run the more of each other they kill off, the better off the West is.

 

We cannot allow the use of chemical WMD, to neglect strict enforcement is a much greater danger than this upcoming strike. To make excuses not to deal with this situation is akin to sticking one’s head in the sand.

This strike is not a strategy to nation build and shouldn’t be the start of one. It should be a serious message that these weapons will not be tolerated, done, let someone else take care of the mess over there..

 

I think we should "level the playing field" to quote a popular cliché.

We are shown little ones in poison gas death throes in Syria and yes we are deeply moved - who wouldn't be?

However, long standing war gets very very ugly and non-discriminatory.

This "gas" incident may very well be a media tool used by the powers that be (whoever) to make a new direction of thinking for we the masses.

Ya, I know I am a conspiratorialistphobic.

 

Let France take care of it. Its their turn.

 

When was the last time France took care of anything to do with war? Lafayette in the American revolution?

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That's my point. Why is it our problem?

 

In the interest of historical accuracy I think you'll find that a chap called Napoleon won rather a large number of battles after that time.

 

They were in Vietnam just before us...

First Indochina War | 1946–1954

 

First rule of colonialism: Former French colonies are usually the most wrecked.

 

Yes, but they definitely did not take care of it."

 

OH, well what does that mean? they took care of it by handing it over to us.
At a horrible price.

 

Neither did you

 

And there was that whole thing called WWI in which the French partook from the start with you guys being rather late to the party

 

And so it begins:


Four RAF fighters bomb Syria 'chemical weapon stockpile' - Four RAF fighters join Syria air strikes

 

The natural state of man is war so why try to avoid it?

 

We did what we wanted to. Destabilize the nation to the point it was no asset to communism.

 

Devastate it completely you mean.

 

Not quite completely.