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[Fair&Balanced]

Originally Posted by classicman

The political spin and the other crap THEY keep spewing just boils down to one thing.
Lives are NOT equal in value.
Syrian Lives are not as valuable in this situation - Period.

IMO, to continue to insist on framing the issue solely in those terms – it comes down to why are Libyan lives worth more than Syrian lives or its all about money, oil, power, control – is simplistic and demonstrates an unwillingness to consider the numerous other factors that go into the decision making process, many of which I presented.

Factors that are not "political spin and other crap," but issues of strategic consideration.

At the very least, to continue to insist that "Syrian Lives are not as valuable in this situation" certainly doesn't demonstrate any level of strategic or analytical thinking that should and does determine broad foreign policy goals and objectives as well as any specific actions within that policy.

It may sound harsh and it is not a personal attack, but one does not need to be a foreign policy expert to understand that concept.