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Retaliatory strike on Syria would be another mistake

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Posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 1:00 am

Can someone tell the American people how our national interests are threatened by the civil war in Syria? But here we go again, same old rhetoric, new cast of characters. Weapons of mass destruction, a maniac running the country, and we must bring them democracy etc., etc. United Nations investigators went into Syria to investigate the mass murder of thousands of people at the hands of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Have any results of that inspection been made public? It wouldn't be the first time politicians have lied to get us into war.

The world despises that situation, as it should, but has another country, the Arab League or the U.N. taken any action to intervene?

Secretary of State John Kerry gets on TV and parrots President Barack Obama about how this is not going to be a war but a quick strike in retaliation for Assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people.

The first bomb that drops on Syrian soil means we are at war. Strike what? Does he really think they haven't dispersed Sarin gas throughout the country? Once again, collateral damage will kill women and children, as it has in Iraq and Afghanistan. Does he really think Middle Eastern countries in sympathy with the ruling madman in Syria will not retaliate against Israel, Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon?

For once, let's hope Congress shows some backbone and soundly defeats that resolution that could drag our war-weary country down another 10-year path of debt and casualties to our troops.

Take the money from all of them and bail out Detroit, St. Jude's Children’s Hospital or every other place of need right here in the United States.

Walt McCormick


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