The Onion on Syria

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50% Of Americans Oppose Intervention In Syria


The Case For And Against Intervening In Syria
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:

FOR:

• It’s the right thing to do, maybe
• Let American people finally sleep at night after years of being tormented by thoughts of innocent Syrians dying
• Will put thousands of honest, diligent American Tomahawk cruise missiles back to work
• We’re the good guys
• Syrian people deserve to be free of a psychotic, oppressive dictator for a few weeks
• Moral obligation to our defense industry
• Footage of missiles being launched off decks of ships, green night-vision images, aerial shots of explosions-all that good stuff
• Have plenty of money, a fresh, rested military-why not?
• Be nice to throw Kathryn Bigelow a bone
• Chance for Obama to put an exclamation point on an already great year
• It’s been a while since we did one of these things

AGAINST:

• Someone might be hurt, or even die
• Could turn Russia and Iran against U.S.
• History
• Fear of setting a precedent of military action without U.N. approval
• 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
• Painful memories of intervening in Rwandan genocide
• It’s hard
• Bashar al-Assad just had a baby. A baby!
• Bush invaded a foreign country. If Obama invades a foreign country, he will be like Bush. It is not good to be like Bush.
• If we ever want to patch things up with Assad, this won’t exactly make that conversation a cake walk
• Situation might work itself out