MANU BRABO / Associated Pres |
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There's an old
saying that liberals will support armed intervention in a foreign conflict only
so long as nothing resembling a self-interest is at stake.
If the cause is
purely humanitarian - if the refinement of American morality is the only
possible domestic benefit - liberals just might be persuaded to support the use
of military force to help a starved, invaded, or otherwise oppressed people.
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The Syrians who
are rebelling are in dire need of the sort of support that the United States
can best provide. The United States
has the capability to efficiently neutralize Syria 's air defenses and impose a
no-fly zone to ground Assad's attack helicopters. And as Michael Doran and Max
Boot pointed out in a recent New York Times opinion article, only the United States can lead a multinational effort to
establish safe corridors between the Turkish border and the besieged city of Aleppo . If Aleppo was under the stable and permanent control of Syria 's
rebels, it would spell the end of Assad's regime and its appalling brutality.
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Leaders across
the Middle East don't take Obama's threats
seriously. Neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the Arab
leaders of the Gulf countries believe he'll act militarily against Iran 's
nuclear program in his second term.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20121007_What_does_Syria_policy_say_about_Obama_s_world_view_.html
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20121007_What_does_Syria_policy_say_about_Obama_s_world_view_.html
We want Middle East leaders fear of President Obama!
He has the power make him most feared
man in the earth! And tell terrifying voice to the terrorist criminal Assad
step-down!