Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Invade Syria?

Yesterday I noted the continuing unrest in Syria and rhetorically (and ironically) asked if foreign forces might take "police action" to protect civilians as in Libya.

To my surprise that very suggestion was then made (granted obliquely) in the New York Times.

So I am clear -- we have enough "police actions". Another invasion (or whatever it is called) of another Muslim country is not a good idea.

3 comments:

Tom said...

It might only be a matter of time.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=13764365

The Rat said...

Sometimes freedom has to be earned. Libya is a mistake, Syria would be a disaster.

The Mound of Sound said...

America demonstrated the very real limits of Western power when it tried to conquer Iraq. Now, with American commanders fearing they'll have to fight their way back out of Iraq, with Afghanistan a quagmire and Libya's Gadaffi resisting NATO intervention, the West is all but toothless when it comes to Syria.