Cheat Sheet On Syria: Events Are Moving Quickly Now… Here’s What You Need to Know

This article did an excellent job of summing up all the reasons why a military intervention is an incredibly BAD idea. Each of the reasons given has links to supporting information provided in the article, which states:

Bombing Syria will only strengthen the hardliners … and harm America’s national security. The top U.S. military commander says that attacking Syria would be risky and expensive

A Syrian war could be one of the least popular wars in American history

In fact, most of the world is against attacking Syria

War against Syria could spike oil prices and plunge us back into another recession

Russia has repeatedly stated that it would consider an attack on Syria as an attack on its national security. China has also strongly cautioned the U.S. against attacking Syria. China and Russia hold alot of U.S. debt, and could make life difficult for us economically if we unnecessarily anger them

Experts have – so far – expressed doubts that chemical weapons were actually used

The American government – in a replay of the Iraq war – is trying to stop UN weapons inspectors from seeing if chemical weapons were used

If chemical weapons were used, it’s unclear who used them

The U.S. has repeatedly falsely accused others of using chemical weapons

The Syrian rebels have – apparently – previously used chemical weapons

The U.S. has been backing Al Qaeda and other known terrorists in Syria

A former Democratic Congressman said that a U.S. strike on Syria would make America “Al Qaeda’s Air Force“

The U.S., Britain and Israel have used chemical weapons within the last 10 years

“Humanitarian” wars usually don’t turn out very well

Attacking Syria without Congressional approval would be unconstitutional

The U.S. and Britain considered attacking Syrians and then blaming it on the Syrian government as an excuse for regime change … 50 years ago (the U.S. just admitted that they did this to Iran)

The U.S. has been planning regime change in Syria for 20 years straight

The U.S. has been arming the Syrian opposition since 2006

America is not involved in Syria because that country poses a threat to America’s security … but for entirely different reasons

Many see the timing of the Syria crisis as an attack by the U.S. government to distract from its domestic scandals. If you need a reminder about what’s going on inside our country, here’s a cheat sheet on spying.