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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
First, do you disagree with the United States' decision to not intervene in Syria?
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My opinion matters not. I'd rather discuss the original question. being "simple minded" and all.
(this is the point)
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the current political environment dictated that intervention in Syria could potentially bring about large consequences to the United States, consequences that were not present with Libya, and the US responded to that
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US analysis determines: Getting involved in Syria is not worth the potential risk. Therefore Syrian lives are not worth as much as Libyan's.
No matter how it is spun, the end result in
this equation is that
Syrian Lives < Libyan Lives.
I also believe this may change drastically for any number of reasons. It is a fluid situation.
06-07-2011, 04:05 PM
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