Obama says that US credibility is at stake if he ignores Syria crossing the redline. He is wrong. The redline that Obama drew in the sand was a political mistake that painted himself into a corner. It shows more strength and credibility to admit a mistake rather than to foolishly respond with an even bigger mistake. All of the reason that Obama gives for attacking Syria make no sense. Either his policy is wrong or he is not telling us the truth. Before rushing into war prudence would require a thorough examination all the evidence. The US has already wasted a decade of war, a million people killed and billions of dollars spent in a naïve belief in phony evidence of WMD. Iraq is now worse off than they were under Saddam Hussein. Saddam posed no threat to American national security. We need to get this one right and if any attack is decided it must be with Congressional approval, sanctioned by the UN under international law. American credibility has been much more damaged by the mistake in Iraq. If there is a repeat of that the US will have lost all credibility.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 07:13:11 +0000
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