Should we intervene in Syria?

[mgcgulfcoast]

a pro-terror government is killing protestors there. where does it end?

[tabatha]

1. Nope.

Did you see the presser this morning in Syria. Nowhere close to Gaddafi.

[mgcgulfcoast]

4. but shouldnt we stop the killing?

[tabatha]

6. If you saw the presser today

There was an apology for the killing, saying that there should be no more bloodshed.
They are stopping the killing themselves - at least I hope they mean what they say.

[Union Scribe]

11. Oh, well as long as there was an apology.

[tabatha]

12. There was more than that.

I hope they do not do it again.

[Hugabear]

23. Well that didn't last very long

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011325145817688433.html

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Syrian security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters in the city of Sanamein near Daraa, killing at least 20 people, according to one witness.

"There are more than 20 martyrs .... they opened fire haphazardly," the witness told Al Jazeera.

Reuters also reported that heavy gunfire could be heard in the southern city of Daraa, the focal point for demonstrations against Bashar al-Assad's regime in recent days.

Rula Amin, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Damascus, said Syrian forces apparently opened fire after protesters set fire to a statue of the late president Hafer al-Assad.
<snip>

[golddigger]

2. Do they have oil?

[mgcgulfcoast]

5. no oil.

[Dokkie]

20. damnit

I guess we let them off with a warning

[Pharaoh]

3. no!

[golfguru]

7. Only if people are being massacred

We are broke, but saving human lives is more important than going bankrupt.

[msongs]

8. We should intervene in Wisconsin and Ohio. Let the Arab league take care of their own nt

[Shiver]

14. Can't speak for Ohio

But we need no intervention in Wisconsin. Unless the DOJ wants to investigate Walker...

[vaberella]

29. You can't compare Wisconsin and Ohio to the Arab world...seriously.

Our government is going in with guns threatening killing us in bed or bombing us in our sleep. Both situations are serious but NO WHERE in the same comparable status you're putting them in.

[Warren Stupidity]

9. 'pro-terror'?

Oh well then of course, lets commencing the bombing.

[bigwillq]

10. No (nt)

[calimary]

13. How much intervening are we supposed to do? And with what money?

Indeed, where DOES it end?

That starts sounding too close to PNAC talk "...to fight and win multiple wars on multiple fronts..."

:scared:

[PurityOfEssence]

15. Careful. Word has it there are civilians at your place who need protecting

Greetings from Silver Lake.

[mgcgulfcoast]

16. indeed

protestors are being slaughtered in syria. why arent we stopping it?

[JoePhilly]

17. Make your case and take it to the UN. That's how its supposed to work.

[Inchworm]

21. +1

[Amonester]

26. +2

[Clio the Leo]

18. it ends where the Arab league says it does....

... and anyone who doesn't understand that fails to understand the situation in Libya

[Cali_Democrat]

22. So if the Arab League says jump, the US says how high...

OK

[Clio the Leo]

24. We're invading an Arab nation....

... if they say "dont jump" at long last, we dont.

[robcon]

19. Yes, we (the West) should intervene on the side of the rebels, if govt. of Syria attacks them

The Arab League has no veto power on the mission, IMO.

[Crusader Rabbit]

25. Americans in Syria

Sure lets pack up and go over there and blow up some stuff. Wait though. Lets just send republican soldiers who are war believing Christians. This way we solve two difficulties at the same time.

[Amonester]

27. No need to pack up.

Iraq is just next door.

The question is: are they ALL repukes? (I dunno, but I read somewhere a maj. of 'em R).

(Still, no ground troops allowed, s'il-vous-plait.)

[vaberella]

28. I don't like entering Libya....so I'm going to say a resounding, "NO" for Syria. n/t