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In reply to the discussion: The disconnect by Americans re violence in Syria is sickening. [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Where are YOUR goalposts, exactly?
We've been fine with Assad's bloodthirstiness for decades. As we were with Saddam's.
No one is contemplating military action in Syria because they just realized Assad is a bad guy.
It's being contemplated because "WMD," a meaningless term where chemical weapons count, but high explosives delivered from the sky do not, is a convenient rationale with which powerful countries can paint less powerful ones as morally inferior.
That's setting aside the fact it's not clear what weapons were used, by whom, on who's orders, and that our very recent history includes all levels of government lying about / kidding themselves about this very topic for the express purpose of rationalizing a hugely destructive war which served no valid purpose.