Russia and Syria

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Where was the outrage when Barry drew the line in the sand and looked away?
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Not outraged, just curious... I'm not sure whether I hate someone ever NOT taking military action in a political hotspot
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[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by Ian

Not outraged, just curious... I'm not sure whether I hate someone ever NOT taking military action in a political hotspot
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That is all the evidence need to let you know how critical these decisions are
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[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Ian

Not outraged, just curious... I'm not sure whether I hate someone ever NOT taking military action in a political hotspot
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That was a bad precedent. Before then it was fairly understood that use of chemical weapons would have significant consequence but that issue diluted that. A look with minimum consequence into one of Pandora's little boxes.

[rphud]

Hard to believe that things would not be better than they are today if the response was made when they first crossed the red line. It was only a matter of time before Assad started on Idlib, still a surprise he went for the chemicals.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by JohnR

That was a bad precedent. Before then it was fairly understood that use of chemical weapons would have significant consequence but that issue diluted that. A look with minimum consequence into one of Pandora's little boxes.

Yeah, I see that side pretty clearly... but I still think things get very muddy when you talk about the relationship between Assad and Putin... hard to tell if retaliating in those conditions would/will kick off WWIII... although things have been quieter than I would have expected since the attack, so that's a good thing
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