{"id":18060,"date":"2013-09-04T09:04:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T15:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=18060"},"modified":"2013-09-04T09:08:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T15:08:52","slug":"the-case-for-and-against-intervening-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=18060","title":{"rendered":"The Case For And Against Intervening In Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Case For And Against Intervening In Syria<\/strong>
\n30 August, 2013 – The Onion<\/p>\n

While the Obama administration has been considering an armed intervention in Syria following the gassing deaths of hundreds of Syrian civilians, a vocal movement in Congress and among the general public has emerged in opposition of any U.S. military role. Here are the arguments for and against American involvement in the war-torn Middle Eastern nation:<\/p>\n

FOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– It\u2019s the right thing to do, maybe<\/p>\n

– Let American people finally sleep at night after years of being tormented by thoughts of innocent Syrians dying<\/p>\n

– Will put thousands of honest, diligent American Tomahawk cruise missiles back to work<\/p>\n

– We\u2019re the good guys<\/p>\n

– Syrian people deserve to be free of a psychotic, oppressive dictator for a few weeks<\/p>\n

– Moral obligation to our defense industry<\/p>\n

– Footage of missiles being launched off decks of ships, green night-vision images, aerial shots of explosions\u2014all that good stuff<\/p>\n

– Have plenty of money, a fresh, rested military\u2014why not?<\/p>\n

– Be nice to throw Kathryn Bigelow a bone<\/p>\n

– Chance for Obama to put an exclamation point on an already great year<\/p>\n

– It\u2019s been a while since we did one of these things<\/p>\n

AGAINST:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Someone might be hurt, or even die<\/p>\n

– Could turn Russia and Iran against U.S.<\/p>\n

– History<\/p>\n

– Fear of setting a precedent of military action without U.N. approval<\/p>\n

– Slight, almost infinitesimal chance intervention might be a completely ineffectual act that even further destabilizes the region, touching off massive anti-American sentiment while allowing jihadist radicals to take power<\/p>\n

– Painful memories of intervening in Rwandan genocide<\/p>\n

– It\u2019s hard<\/p>\n

– Bashar al-Assad just had a baby. A baby!<\/p>\n

– Bush invaded a foreign country. If Obama invades a foreign country, he will be like Bush. It is not good to be like Bush.<\/p>\n

– If we ever want to patch things up with Assad, this won\u2019t exactly make that conversation a cake walk<\/p>\n

– Situation might work itself out<\/p>\n

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