Poor Arch. You've been dragged and screaming into this mess. You obviously abhor war. So my question to you is, what would you do about Assad using chemical weapons on his own people, murdering them for what purpose? When does the atrocity stop? And who has the capability of stopping it? Or what should be done in this situation?
Coordinate with other countries for a tactical and organized attack on multiple fronts to places that actually hurts Assad. Engage in a strategic move of resource attrition or send in special task forces to do the work that millions of dollars in artillery didn't do.
OR, establish relief efforts, helping citizens escape the regime and opening up the country to accept refugees.
I'm not even experienced with the military, but I can already tell where this is going based on what happened in Iraq and other foreign entanglements in the Middle East. This was a rash decision that was only meant to escalate American military activity in Syria. It's repeating all of the same mistakes we committed in Iraq all over again. One exception, you poor bloodthirsty soul, is that the man at the helm now is even more unstable and inexperienced than the one back then, which exacerbates the potential danger of an economic and international fallout scenario.
I like your ideas. They would probably work well, if we had the kind of leadership that would buy into them.
Of course you know that Trump is a total "reactor" to events. What you are proposing would take quite some time to get up and running and Trump doesn't have the patience for it. Also, he has a total short attention span, so seems to me that the prospect of a long war like Iraq or Afghanistan etc. is slim. Trump just isn't interested in long-term thinking. And as for refugees, you are talking about a President who is trying to ban them or cut their numbers significantly from entering our country.
Just a question for you, what do you think should be done to schoolyard bullies? What is your opinion on how we should deal with bullying?
