So we're gonna show Syria what kind of bombs its OK to use by dropping them on them.

[Erose999]

Does anybody else think that's an exercise in futility?

Does anyone really think US bombs will bring peace/stability to Syria?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. Well, the US of A can start out by showing the Evil Syrians the benevolent use of Drone Tech.

Benevolent on our side since no US Personnel are lost if a Drone is downed.

We can then show the Evil Syrians how our MIC is better than their MIC. Our MIC contractors are more hungry for $ then the Evil Syrians contractors are, and they will kill at an ever greater rate.

Peace will be brought about when a reliable US-backed benevolent government is worthy of installation.

Until then they are Evil.

After the Evil is expunged then the US MIC friendly Syrian government will be able to take control and work for the greater good.

[dkf]

2. Who exactly are the evil Syrians anyway? Seems there are bad guys on every side.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. "Seems there are bad guys on every side."

You just defined the state of the world.

[bhikkhu]

5. The ones who used chemical weapons against civilians, in this case.

No argument about the "bad guys on every side" though. Civil war, especially prolonged sectarian civil war, tends to lead to that. The good guys are the first to go, if there are any.

[dkf]

6. There are accusations the rebels used them too.

And the rebels have the liver eater. Yuck.

[bhikkhu]

9. It all has to be based on evidence

the weight of evidence seems to be pretty clear (from what I've read and heard over the weekend) that this was government forces. If the rebels used them too, that's something additional to be investigated, but certainly not a "two wrongs make a right" thing.

[dkf]

12. No but two sides doing the same atrocities = not favoring either.

And FDL alludes that the UK doesn't trust the rebels and they suspected the pre-CW warning signs were being planted by them.

[Erose999]

21. Glenn Beck is running with the liver eater story. Therfore, I'm highly skeptical. And I'll also add

that liver is nutritious as fuck. Its high in iron and the only meat that has vitamin c in it.

[Erose999]

7. Do we even know which side used chemical weapons on civvies?

[avaistheone1]

8. Drones are good way to die.

Some of our gentle DU'ers told me so.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. Ah yes, that gets me to remembering...

We few, we happy few, we band of droners;
For he today that sheds their for me
Shall be my dronemate; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition: as he kills indiscriminately.

[avaistheone1]

13. What lovely poetry

that feeds the drone beast's heart~

[Erose999]

23. Thats a good one. Does anyone know "The Drones of Castamere"?

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. We're just the bestest, ain't we?

[The Straight Story]

4. A good intro into the conflict and the why's of the civil war (by BBC)

Note: 1 hour long

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. The point isn't to bring peace. It's to spank them for being naughty.

[MyNameGoesHere]

14. Yep. We wend from the "decider" to the "punisher" in cheif.

It makes a good sound bite. I am the "puinsher" and when evil doers do their evilness I get to punish.

[Alkene]

18. I suspect that the rhetorical linkage to Hitler and Hussein...

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is code for the need of the U.S to be the broker of regime change, rather than a conduit for the punishment of "evildoers."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. The People of the US aren't buying the whole "We are a force for good" crap anymore.

[reformist2]

19. And any killed accidentally is collateral damage of said spanking. We are to be blamed for nothing.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. Right. "She made me hit her, officer."

[blkmusclmachine]

15. There's MONEY to make in Syria, dammit. We're going in!!!

[Divernan]

17. That's the motivation - lock, stock, & barrel ($12 million EACH per drone)

$12,548,710.60
— the cost, per drone, of 10 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft the Air Force announced Monday that it is buying. Drones are a lot of things, but cheap ain’t necessarily one of them.

Read more: http://nation.time.com/2012/11/06/12548710-60/#ixzz2djI5INJz

[n2doc]

20. Obama has got to show them that he is SERIOUS and TOUGH

One must pay attention to what the USA says, goddammit, or we will fuck you over.

[ananda]

22. Both futile and insane!

..

[gopiscrap]

26. yeah ironic isn't it?

[FarPoint]

27. I this you are flaming the embers a bit early.

I don't think President Obama desires any such bombing. I think the media and warmongers are hungry for any failure by this President. I sense the later group is being played a bit.