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In reply to the discussion: If Assad uses Sarin gas, what should the response be?? [View all]qazplm
(3,626 posts)163. not really no
moral isn't simply saying, we don't do anything bad, sometimes moral means we do a lesser evil to stop a greater one.
SOMEONE has to be able to step in in situations like this. And right now, we are one of the few with the power.
Not using it to stop an evil now simply because we've done our own evil in the past is pretty simplistic thinking.
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I predict a Libya redo. Multinational aircraft bombing till the guerilla rebels can take over
NightWatcher
Dec 2012
#1
Look how long it took things in Libya and how hard it was to get things going
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#81
Sarin was invented in Germany in 1938, and can be made fairly easily.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#179
Wonderful. It's really a lucky thing that Assad is the only person who lives in Syria
eridani
Dec 2012
#120
I think your question is valid, but there is a way to split the cost among civilized nations...
Volaris
Dec 2012
#83
Use of chemical weapons on a civilian population can not and should not be tolerated
Arcanetrance
Dec 2012
#5
The targets won't be inside Syria. Most will be military bases and strategic installations in
leveymg
Dec 2012
#71
More than Seal teams will be needed. But I agree that Assad should be taken out and
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#49
British aircraft carriers, French aircraft carriers, German air support, amphibious landing craft
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#86
What would you say to framing this in such as way as to make it an extension of the Arab Spring,
Volaris
Dec 2012
#97
Yes, because if there was ONE good thing that came from the invasion of Iraq...
Volaris
Dec 2012
#93
There won't be much of a country left after a massive int'l military response.
leveymg
Dec 2012
#110
The need for containment will outweigh all the other more desirable outcomes if Assad decides to
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#112
It's not just about one family or one general. It's a religious war. All the generals are Alawite,
leveymg
Dec 2012
#113
Someone in gold braid is going to crack. Someone is going to get shorted his share of the money,
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#116
It's not realistic for one. Sarin gas does not go "oops"...can't kill that one...it's a civilian.
Lochloosa
Dec 2012
#25
High explosives are not considered WMD's, and you are being deliberately obtuse.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#41
The gas can't be targeted. It kills or seriously injures anyone that get exposed to it. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#46
Stop your dishonest trolling. Chemical weapons are banned under international law.
geek tragedy
Dec 2012
#108
what is dishonest about blast radius? ...don't care for Assad but that's no dishonest at all
uponit7771
Dec 2012
#165
Special, high heat producing bombs have to be used. The gas can survive regular bombs. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#39
But high heat bombs may not be completely effective if they miss; use nuclear bombs to be sure
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#59
There have been reports that they've already begun mixing the chemicals together
Fozzledick
Dec 2012
#76
I'm about as antiwar as you can get but if the U.S and the world can stop
former-republican
Dec 2012
#52
With our current military capabilities, it's a moral imperative to respond to this situation
Hippo_Tron
Dec 2012
#66
10s of thousands are a small number compare with the Iran-Iraq Wars approximate million deaths
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#140
I will tell you that President Obama would likely send him to his maker at that point.
hrmjustin
Dec 2012
#56
The Alawite launch at the end, when the invaders break through the gates. The targets will be the
leveymg
Dec 2012
#68
It's a near certainty that the missile force is already on a Deadman's Trigger
leveymg
Dec 2012
#106
And what should be the response if the rebels get their hands on some Sarin gas and use it?
Prometheus Bound
Dec 2012
#92
It's as if death cults are using world governments to start another war
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#115
Be like Israel - kill everyone you can and get praise for defending yourself
The Straight Story
Dec 2012
#119
You mean there's a largely disliked world leader who oppresses his own people,
hughee99
Dec 2012
#147
Michael ‏@_cypherpunks_ Truth provided by @DBCOOPA: #Syria is a proxy war.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#148
Breaking news: Gen Wesley Clark says an attack is not the best way to stop Syria's chemical weapons
LongTomH
Dec 2012
#160
If history is any indication, Mossad already has Assad in the crosshairs
liberaltrucker
Dec 2012
#180