And I understand “the ends justifies the means” argument. I do not agree with it.
So, let’s cut to the quick, shall we?
What would you propose for us to do about Syria? Go in, guns blazing, only to settle in for a decade-long quagmire? It’s a muslim country all the “ends” are bad ones... I just don’t want this country having to deal (and find itself handing over hundred$ of million$ to yet another cabal of Christian- and Jew-hating animals.