| mrstickball said: The Syrian problem needs to be dealt with by the Arab league and their neighbors such as Turkey, Lebanon and Israel. Not NATO. Not the UN. |
This is what I'd say and I think its starting to unfold. Turkey has made very blatant statements and the Arab League has started the political push with tossing Syria out of the league. I think its only a matter of time before some Arab nations join with Turkey with more direct discussions. Even if many of their nations are also led by dictatorships of some kind, they can easily use this as PR to help themselves and deter their populace from their own internal issues.
I think US and NATO need to get out of other shitty areas before we jump into anything else. Iraq needs to end, however, I worried about their stability. Afghanistan also needs to end, however that one definitely cannot. It has no capability to remain solvent.
However, if we did do anything, I'd like to see first and foremost a central rebel force that we could then back with armaments and air power and Arab League support. Only then would I be OK with NATO intervention.
