The US is on its uppers, as is the UK. Millions of people both in the US and the UK are hurting badly because of the harsh economic climate we are living through. Money cannot be found to make life easier for the people of the US or UK; yet when it comes to war, there is no limit to the billions (of taxpayers' dollars/pounds) that can be found.
It seems that our so-called leaders just like to strut about on the world stage. It seems to make them feel important; they kid themselves. They think it even makes them statesmanlike. Arguably, they are making fools of themselves.
No country will ever be wealthy by waging war all the time. It is a scandalous waste of resources. Compare the rich countries of the world with us! Take Switzerland as a perfect example. The Swiss don't get involved in wars. They use their neutrality for their own ends. And it shows. They have a far, far higher living standard than we have, because they use their riches for the benefit of the Swiss. And that's how it should be. British political clowns prefer to squander money – often, money they don't even have, putting us even further into debt.
Finally, to Syria... Bashar Al-Assad is no angel. That, we know. But maybe, just maybe, he's the best of the bad guys. At least he has led what is by Middle Eastern terms a pretty secular régime which has allowed people of multiple faiths to live their lives. It is said, for example, that the Christians in Syria love him, because he has left them alone. What's going to happen if and when Assad is toppled? I know they say that toppling him is not going to be their objective; but once war is started, who knows what the outcome will be? And where is the proof that Assad used these chemical weapons? So far there has been no such proof. What if it was actually the rebels who used them? What then?
Moreover, there is no mention of the fact that Bashar Al-Assad has been waging an internal battle with Jihadists and Al-Qaeda operatives in the country who are determined to topple him, destroy the régime, and bring in an Iranian-style theocracy. In short, they are fighting for sharia law. Is this going to help the West? And where will that leave the Christians there? Haven't we done enough damage to the ever-declining Christian communities in the Middle East already? Do we really need to pile on the agony for them?
Then there is the fact that we in the West are doing Saudi Arabia's bidding. The Saudis have developed the knack of getting their own way by using their vast oil revenues to fund others to fight their wars for them. Cameron and Obama are Saudi's willing little helpers, Saudi's little marionettes: They do the fooling around; the Saudis pull the strings! – © Mark Alexander
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