I will never defend Syria’s leader, Assad, for his government’s terrible treatment of the Syrian people. And if the United Nations were to agree to step up on behalf of the Syrian people to stop Assad’s terrible actions within his own nation, I would be fully supportive of such an international cause. But I cannot in good conscience support President Obama’s current plan to assault Syria through bombing unless America finds itself working in partnership with the United Nations.
It is time for America to learn from our own history. When attacked as we were in 1941, we responded appropriately and fought in World War Two for more than three years and eventually, with our allies, gained a complete victory against our enemies. But what victories have we achieved through our wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan? I believe the answer is slim to none.
Please consider this analogy. Your child has experienced a serious illness and your physician comes to you with two prospective medical treatments. One will definitely cure the illness within a very short time but leaves open the very real possibility of destroying in the long term the patient’s liver, which will result most likely in the death of the patient. The second treatment moves toward cure in a much slower fashion, but if it works, will lead to a longer lifetime thereafter for the patient. Which would you choose?
I believe America should give up our self-designated claim of being the world’s policeman. Instead, we should return to the platform of living by example. Let us take the billions of dollars that we will continue to be spending on warfare and use it to repair our own many basic needs like education and infrastructure. Let us in America simply lead by example. After all, diid we in America not have to confront and eventually overcome our own serious imperfections of slavery and segregation and so many more? And isn’t it true that we still have a way to go before we actually accomplish all of the dreams that our founding fathers and mothers had for us. Let Syria deal with its own malignancies and if ever we are again attacked or if we are called upon by our allies or by the United Nations to give assistance to these forces through our military might, we will be willing as we were in 1941 to step up to the plate.
It is time for America to learn from our own history. When attacked as we were in 1941, we responded appropriately and fought in World War Two for more than three years and eventually, with our allies, gained a complete victory against our enemies. But what victories have we achieved through our wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan? I believe the answer is slim to none.
Please consider this analogy. Your child has experienced a serious illness and your physician comes to you with two prospective medical treatments. One will definitely cure the illness within a very short time but leaves open the very real possibility of destroying in the long term the patient’s liver, which will result most likely in the death of the patient. The second treatment moves toward cure in a much slower fashion, but if it works, will lead to a longer lifetime thereafter for the patient. Which would you choose?
I believe America should give up our self-designated claim of being the world’s policeman. Instead, we should return to the platform of living by example. Let us take the billions of dollars that we will continue to be spending on warfare and use it to repair our own many basic needs like education and infrastructure. Let us in America simply lead by example. After all, diid we in America not have to confront and eventually overcome our own serious imperfections of slavery and segregation and so many more? And isn’t it true that we still have a way to go before we actually accomplish all of the dreams that our founding fathers and mothers had for us. Let Syria deal with its own malignancies and if ever we are again attacked or if we are called upon by our allies or by the United Nations to give assistance to these forces through our military might, we will be willing as we were in 1941 to step up to the plate.
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