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ThankYouVeryMuch /Elvis

It is pretty clear that Russia has strategic interests in Syria and is drawing a red line of their own. So be it, leverage that. The only problem is that Putin sees Obama as something to scrape off the bottom of his shoes. Putin needs to know there are adults in the room. So we gave him Kerry. Sheesh.

[SJackson]

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Personally, I don't care about the UN or international law.

Though I wouldn't be surprised if it's unconstitutional, at least in some circumstances, I do care about the War Powers Resolution. Since it's the law, here in the USA, and shouldn't be broken. Especially by the President, yes, he's the only one who can break it since it's directed at him.

He broke it in Libya on May 20, 2011. Big ho-hum. If we become involved in Syria, I hope there is not a repeat.

[kenavi]

It is pretty clear that Russia has strategic interests in Syria and is drawing a red line of their own. So be it, leverage that.

To get there however the opposition needs to be strong enough to check Assad. That's the argument for our arming the rebels, albeit indirectly (e.g. Saudi Arabia sends arms to the rebels, we send arms to Saudi Arabia to replace them).

The contras in Nicaragua committed a lot of unsavory actions, but was justifiable in that Nicaragua at that time was an outpost of the Soviet empire.

Islamists, both Al Qaeda and Iran/Hezbollah, are now a greater strategic threat to us than Putin's Russia.