Syria: Worse Every Day

As we watch the news we know that our United States Senate has passed a committee vote in support of some type of intervention in Syria.  At this point the House probably does not have the votes to support an attack. If we remember the recent history of bills passed by our Congress it appears we, or rather our elected leaders, have a bad habit of not always knowing what is in any legislation they passed. We are now only learning how overbearing Obamacare will be, even the pro-Obama unions are screaming in pain.  The recent exploits of the NSA and the IRS are other examples of Washington making up their own rules as they go. And we still remember Benghazi and the gun-giveaway to thugs in Mexico.

The only thing that we do know is that Syria is a mess and right now it does not affect the United States. If you argue that we know of the mass killings of people by a chemical weapon and that it demonstrates a level of barbarism that no rational nation should turn its head from then I will agree with that premise. The chemical attack deserves global condemnation. I have previously argued that we should be giving only food and medical supplies and I stand by that statement. Peggy Noonan writes a very good article where she articulates that the American people do not want any more military involvement in that part of the troubled world (full article here). At this point our government needs to listen to the people and let President Obama blame whomever he chooses for the infamous red line remark.

But what we are quickly finding out is what may be the results of any attack on Syria. Intercepted messages indicate that Iran wants our embassies to be attacked (here) in the Middle East. Russia has moved warships into the vicinity and Israel can expect a retaliation of rockets and mortars, or worse. And the worst result could be the actual toppling of the al Assad government. Then we will see what Senator McCain’s freedom fighters are really like.