I am glad I do not have to decide

[uppityperson]

what to do about Syria and all the other things going on in the world, politically.

No matter what is chosen to so, people will suffer. And I do not envy those who have to decide what to do and when.

Today I am glad to be only a person in the world, suffering heartbreak.

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. From your lips.

K&R

[Wait Wut]

2. You and me both.

I'm so tired. I just keep hearing crying children. I want it all to stop. I just don't know how it ever will.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Kerry et al seem to have lots of information that we do not have access to...

Hi exchange with Rand Paul today suggesting that Paul might want to attend a classified hearing suggests that there are strong reasons to strike.

Still, I totally agree with your post.

K/R

[Eddie Haskell]

4. But you do.

[uppityperson]

6. Not today, I do not.

[Eddie Haskell]

8. I feel, that ultimately, we all must decide.

I've made my decision, because I can't see anyway our intervention helps things. Look at Iraq. Look at Libya.

As Albert Einstein recognized, “Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.” This is not about what Obama wants, or what Congress agrees to—the decision to go to war ultimately rests with the American people. We need to say no to war.
Jim Fetzer

[Hydra]

5. At some point, someone has to make the decision to make things better

We're still waiting for that someone. People will suffer, and will continue to suffer when that happens, but we will finally be going the right direction.

I'm a cynic- I don't think it will be allowed to happen. We burn people at the stake and nail them to crosses for trying to make the world a better place.

[Hayabusa]

7. I thank God that the only decisions I make that effect an entire world

or made only in video games, where I can just pause and reload a save if everything goes to shit. Whatever happens, this whole thing is going to get worse.

[pipi_k]

9. I can't even imagine

the torment a person with that much responsibility/power has to deal with.

If he could have a crystal ball showing what would happen depending on the action taken...or not taken...it would probably be a little easier, but not by much.

Every action or inaction has a consequence. The trick is, I guess, deciding which consequence is more acceptable. No decision is going to get 100% approval anyway...