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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf your country was using WMD, would you want to be bombed by another?
Instead of asking the Congress, why not ask the people of Syria? I know this is hypothetical but doesn't it make sense?
I would say "absolutely not!" More violence is not the way to save lives.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)Would I want my neighborhood bombed by another country? No of course not. But if they were gonna bomb military targets that allow my country to deploy WMDs all over my neighborhood, then yes, please bomb the shit out of my country, if that's the way its gonna go.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)And your regime won't release more WMDs on you and your neighbors?
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)And we have provided them to Saddam, and instructed him how to most effectively use them.
Further, the US military has used white phosphorus and depleted uranium in battle. US drones still target civilians.
And of course, the US is still the only country to have used atomic weapons against another country.
All bad...but I still wouldn't want another country to bomb the US for those reasons. And there is no peace or political goals that can be accomplished with a military strike on Syria. The risks are too great, and the chances of a positive outcome practically nil.
cry baby
(6,682 posts)then my answer is that I would want someone in the world to care enough to take out the ability of my govt to kill my fellow citizens.
I would not want indiscriminate bombing, but I would want bombs hitting the source of the govt's assault on its own citizens.