Is anyone surprised that Germany isn’t interested in helping the Syrian people rid themselves of the despot that gasses his own people. Germany has been allowed to depend on the U S for its military needs ever since WWII. So they probably aren’t in much of a position to provide help, and certainly haven’t exhibited any will to engage anybody in combat.
It is time for us to tell Germany that they are on their own and we are going to bring our military personnel and material home. We could use it to protect our southern border and get a lot more bang for our bucks.
This is exactly why Germany is doing what they’re doing.
First of all, what makes you so sure that the Syrian despot is the one who fired the gas? Second, what business is it of ours who kills whom in an internal civil war? I can tell you from experience that once you take sides in a civil war, you make yourself a legitimate target everywhere in the world. Why would Germans want to create a new set of enemies seeking revenge for their buildings, their bridges, their water and sewage systems, their airfields, and their friends' lives? Costs should be counted before "little wars" are launched, because an act of war legitimizes retaliation against the aggressor.
Germany has been allowed to depend on the U S for its military needs ever since WWII. So they probably aren't in much of a position to provide help, and certainly haven’t exhibited any will to engage anybody in combat.
If the United States wasn't so trigger happy and didn't stick its nose into every other nation's business, we wouldn't be teetering on the economic brink right now. Over the last two decades, we have fought and spent ourselves into exhaustion. Perhaps a little dose of German reticence would have been wise.
It is time for us to tell Germany that they are on their own and we are going to bring our military personnel and material home. We could use it to protect our southern border and get a lot more bang for our bucks.
Hear! Hear! I agree with your last point completely. And not that it matters, but so do most Germans.
Assad is winning the conventional war against Alqaeda, why would he jeopardise this by using gas?
No, it is the alqaeda jihadi opposition who are doing this
Assad is evil, but he's a pussycat compared to the alternative fighting him. He at least protects the 10 to 15% of Syria that is Christian, while the opposition defiles churchs
Germany doesn't want to get involved in Obama's war - why should Americans either? It's Obama's war for his sunni jihadi friends
“It is time for us to tell Germany that they are on their own and we are going to bring our military personnel and material home.”
There’s not much left to bring home and we still need these strategic bases. Where do you think we run our entire supply chain to our troops in the middle east from ? Ever heared from a place called Ramstein AFB ? And where do you think we take care of our wounded troops from the middle east ? Ever heard of Landstuhl ERMC ? Where do you think we organize our entire foreign SIGINT in Europe, Africa and the middle east ? Ever heard about Darmstadt ? Nothing we could give up easily. No other country in the world beside Japan would grant us so many privilleges on their own soil. Giving up these important bases in such a perfect strategic location would be dumb and stupid.