Thread: The crisis in Syria

Originally Posted by Deborski

And I for one believe that we can defeat terrorism without attacking. Period. We have not even begun to exhaust all other diplomatic means.

This Syrian woman summed it up nicely when she bravely stood up to Senator John McCain the other day. McCain, of course, only voted against Obama's air-strike because McCain thinks an air-strike would not be enough military intervention. He favors a full-on, troops on the ground, military conflict which could go on for years (and provide plenty of money for him and his friends who invest in Raytheon and other military stocks).

So, McCain went to Syria. A dude with $40 million dollars who probably owns his own Learjet. He looks really healthy for somebody who's been to Syria. Did he have military bodyguards or did he just stay away from the war zones?
Does that mean that if I visit Russia, have dinner at Cafe Pushkin with some opposition members, and talk to the waiter, that I know everything about Russia and I can decide about Russia's future? LOL!
If I lived in Russia for a whole year, I probably still wouldn't know enough to even vote. But McCain thinks he knows everything after 1 trip.

I've seen more of those vids of that meeting. McCain never listens to anybody. He just keeps saying he's right and ignores everybody else. Even the Syrian people!
What that meeting proved is that McCain doesn't care what anyone thinks, period. He was only there to push his agenda.
If there is a strike, it will be an act of aggression and the Syrians will have a reason to hate America. Also, President Putin said he will provide Syria with a missile shield and replace anything that's lost in the strike.
So maybe the Obama administration just wants to kill more people cuz that's all that a strike will do.

Originally Posted by UhOhXplode

So, McCain went to Syria. A dude with $40 million dollars who probably owns his own Learjet. He looks really healthy for somebody who's been to Syria. Did he have military bodyguards or did he just stay away from the war zones?
Does that mean that if I visit Russia, have dinner at Cafe Pushkin with some opposition members, and talk to the waiter, that I know everything about Russia and I can decide about Russia's future? LOL!
If I lived in Russia for a whole year, I probably still wouldn't know enough to even vote. But McCain thinks he knows everything after 1 trip.

I lived in Russia two years and still would not even dare to claim I know everything about it! To really understand a country, you have to live there your whole life. And even then... well, America can still baffle me!