easyt65
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Actually, before Obama dragged the United States in his Un-Constitutional, Un-Authorized War, perhaps HE should have answered these questions...right before going to Congress to ask for permission to take the country to war:
1) What national security interest, rather than pure humanitarian interest, is served by the use of American military power to depose Assad’s regime?
2) How will deposing Assad make America safer?
3) What does final political victory in Syria look like (be specific), and how long will it take for that political victory to be achieved?
4) What military resources (e.g., ground troops), diplomatic resources, and financial resources will be required to achieve this political victory?
5) How long will it take to achieve political victory?
6) What costs, in terms of lives (both military and civilian), dollars, and forgone options elsewhere as a result of resource deployment in Syria, will be required to achieve political victory?
7) What other countries will join the United States in deposing Assad, in terms of military, monetary, or diplomatic resources?
8) Should explicit congressional authorization for the use of military force in Syria be required, or should the president take action without congressional approval?
9) What is the risk of wider conflict with Russia, given that nation’s presence and stake in Syria, if the United States chooses to invade and depose Assad, a key Russian ally in the Middle East?
10) If U.S. intervention in Syria does spark a larger war with Russia, what does political victory in that scenario look like, and what costs will it entail?
11) Given that Assad has already demonstrated a willingness to use chemical weapons, how should the United States respond if the Assad regime deploys chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons against the United States?
12) Assuming the Assad regime is successfully removed from power, what type of government structure will be used to replace Assad, who will select that government, and how will that government establish and maintain stability going forward?
13) Given that a change in political power in the United States radically altered the American position in Iraq in 2009, how will you mitigate or address the risk of a similar political dynamic upending your preferred strategy in Syria, either in 2018, 2020, or beyond?
14) What lessons did you learn from America’s failure to achieve and maintain political victory following the removal of governments in Iraq and Libya, and how will you apply those lessons to a potential war in Syria?
Answer These 14 Questions Before You Push For U.S. War In Syria
Obama never answered these questions before dragging the US into a war in Syria on his own. He sure as hell never answered any of them before he dragged the US into a war in Libya on his own to help Al Qaeda take over, either.
Now that we are still stuck with the mess Obama left, here are a few questions that should be answered now:
1) What national security interest, rather than pure humanitarian interest, is NOW served by the continued use of American military power to depose Assad’s regime?
2) How will deposing Assad make America safer?
3) What does final political victory in Syria look like NOW (be specific), and how long will it take for that political victory to be achieved?
4) What military resources (e.g., ground troops), diplomatic resources, and financial resources will still be required to achieve this political victory?
5) How long will it take to achieve political victory NOW?
6) What costs, in terms of lives (both military and civilian), dollars, and forgone options elsewhere as a result of resource deployment in Syria, will be required to achieve political victory? How much MORE?
FROM NOW ON, unless a President can come before the American people and answer these questions and unless a President can stand before Congress and answer these questions and make a legitimate case for the US to go to war again, the united States should NOT do so....IMHO.
1) What national security interest, rather than pure humanitarian interest, is served by the use of American military power to depose Assad’s regime?
2) How will deposing Assad make America safer?
3) What does final political victory in Syria look like (be specific), and how long will it take for that political victory to be achieved?
4) What military resources (e.g., ground troops), diplomatic resources, and financial resources will be required to achieve this political victory?
5) How long will it take to achieve political victory?
6) What costs, in terms of lives (both military and civilian), dollars, and forgone options elsewhere as a result of resource deployment in Syria, will be required to achieve political victory?
7) What other countries will join the United States in deposing Assad, in terms of military, monetary, or diplomatic resources?
8) Should explicit congressional authorization for the use of military force in Syria be required, or should the president take action without congressional approval?
9) What is the risk of wider conflict with Russia, given that nation’s presence and stake in Syria, if the United States chooses to invade and depose Assad, a key Russian ally in the Middle East?
10) If U.S. intervention in Syria does spark a larger war with Russia, what does political victory in that scenario look like, and what costs will it entail?
11) Given that Assad has already demonstrated a willingness to use chemical weapons, how should the United States respond if the Assad regime deploys chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons against the United States?
12) Assuming the Assad regime is successfully removed from power, what type of government structure will be used to replace Assad, who will select that government, and how will that government establish and maintain stability going forward?
13) Given that a change in political power in the United States radically altered the American position in Iraq in 2009, how will you mitigate or address the risk of a similar political dynamic upending your preferred strategy in Syria, either in 2018, 2020, or beyond?
14) What lessons did you learn from America’s failure to achieve and maintain political victory following the removal of governments in Iraq and Libya, and how will you apply those lessons to a potential war in Syria?
Answer These 14 Questions Before You Push For U.S. War In Syria
Obama never answered these questions before dragging the US into a war in Syria on his own. He sure as hell never answered any of them before he dragged the US into a war in Libya on his own to help Al Qaeda take over, either.
Now that we are still stuck with the mess Obama left, here are a few questions that should be answered now:
1) What national security interest, rather than pure humanitarian interest, is NOW served by the continued use of American military power to depose Assad’s regime?
2) How will deposing Assad make America safer?
3) What does final political victory in Syria look like NOW (be specific), and how long will it take for that political victory to be achieved?
4) What military resources (e.g., ground troops), diplomatic resources, and financial resources will still be required to achieve this political victory?
5) How long will it take to achieve political victory NOW?
6) What costs, in terms of lives (both military and civilian), dollars, and forgone options elsewhere as a result of resource deployment in Syria, will be required to achieve political victory? How much MORE?
FROM NOW ON, unless a President can come before the American people and answer these questions and unless a President can stand before Congress and answer these questions and make a legitimate case for the US to go to war again, the united States should NOT do so....IMHO.
