Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Iraq and Syria and (still) Afghanistan

It looks like the current group of bad guys (isis) is gaining ground in Syria.  And the Turks are saying that the U.S. air strikes are not enough and ground forces are needed.  OK, whose ground forces?  Perhaps, for once, we let them fight it out.  It is my opinion that if the Turks/Syrians/Iraqis want to get rid of isis, there are more than enough of them to do it themselves.  But what if the bad guys win? We isolate them and let them determine their own fate.  

And we are to be allowed to keep 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. What joy! We get to keep pouring money into that rat hole.  Good thing we don't need the money for our own infrastructure, educational and medical systems, funding for the NIH, or anything else. 

Honestly folks, we have lost our minds. 

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Dear President Obama

Dear President Obama,
     I am writing to you in the hope that you will not intervene in the Syrian civil war. There has been enough blowing things up in Syria without our adding to the misery. Even if we knew who the bad guys were, our intervention would bring unintended consequences which would escalate the situation. I urge you to avoid any actions which would involve us more deeply in that terrible quagmire. 
Sincerely,

I have also sent similar letters to both my Senators and my Representative. If you oppose U.S. intervention into the Syrian civil war, let your President, Senators, and Representative know!