We went to war in Iraq over the WRONG suspicion they had WMD, we toppled Gaddafi after he gave up

[dkf]

Nukes...

If any leader thinks we can be deterred from killing them because they give up nukes or WMD, they have been sadly disabused of that notion.

Now we aren't sure Assad gave the command to use CW but we need to punish or get rid of him to show an example to Iran and N. Korea to deter them. See how ridiculous that sounds to think we will be deterred from anything when you are on our hit list?

The PNAC has had an agenda for years and they will follow it using whatever justification they can. But really its not about deterrence. If what happened to Saddam Hussein didn't stop all of Middle East "defiance", what kind of worse example do we need to make of Syria to "stop" the rest?

Maybe it IS about causing chaos and turmoil in the Middle East so they can control whatever they want to control. It's just oddly suspicious to me how our bombs keep killing Arabs. No wonder they hate us.

So good intentions? My ass. I don't believe them anymore.

[Little Star]

1. "I don't believe them anymore", me either! k&r

[Coyotl]

2. Mission Accomplished = Crude Oil at 28-Month High on Heightened Syria Tensions = Saudi's Profits $$$

The profiteers have already won this "war"!

Crude Oil at 28-Month High on Heightened Syria Tensions = Saudi's Profits Enormous
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023616321

[The Wizard]

3. Military intervention

is the road map to being a former empire. And lest anyone believes the United States isn't an empire, why do we have such a large military footprint around the globe?

[leftstreet]

4. Perhaps it's time to start saying "They," not "We"

Just sayin

[Progressive dog]

5. Why should we stop when we're omnipotent.

For forty plus years we let the Libyans keep the dictator that they wanted. It took us those forty years to convince the Libyans to overthrow their dictator, in spite of our omnipotence. During that time, the Libyan government actually did commit terrorist acts against the USA and allies, they actually did try to attack US ships in international waters, they actually do have oil, but somehow our omnipotence didn't extend to overthrowing a petty dictator in a tiny country.
Our omnipotence does extend to the UN too.

On 17 March 2011 the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973 with a 10–0 vote and five abstentions. The resolution sanctioned the establishment of a no-fly zone and the use of "all means necessary" to protect civilians within Libya.

We even got our French puppet government to do most of the work for us.

[L0oniX]

6. I thought I could believe Obama ...I was wrong ...and I will never believe the US gov again.

[Mnemosyne]

7. K&R nt