Sunday, September 8, 2013

Saving credibility of the U.S. is no reason to go to war!

Ottawa CItizen ^ | Sept 7, 2013 | David Lorge Parnas

The best reason for the United States to attack Syria was reported by columnist William Marsden. He wrote, "If he (Obama) takes no action, his foreign policy will be in tatters and his credibility shot."

Unfortunately, everyone should see that saving one's reputation is not sufficient grounds for killing people or violating international law. Attacking Syria may actually make the U.S. reputation worse.
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Our goal should not be saving anyone's reputation; it should be saving lives. The way to do that is to stop delivery of arms by any country to any party in Syria. I hope that Obama will discuss such action with Putin. If you want to stop a fire, you don't add fuel.
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