Syria's civil war is not America's problem. Syria is surrounded by Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab nations with large standing armies and advanced military equipment. Their cowardice in acting to stop a war on their doorstep should give us pause for thought. Why will they not act, but we must? Why is American gullibility for war so strong that countries such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel can dispense of their moral duties to the American taxpayer? Make no mistake about it: al Assad is a war criminal, having had his own civilians and soldiers slaughtered in a war to keep his family in power.
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Sectarian, ethnic, and religious dimensions have kept the U.S. away from direct involvement, writes Ed Husain
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He asks: If punitive attacks on Syria are launched, what exactly are we targeting?
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By bombing Syria today, we bear the burden of the instability we leave in our wake, he says
The secretive and globally isolated nature of the @placeholder regime and therefore his chemical stockpiles means that we do not know where these are located.