The article focuses a lot on Obamas comments on the matter from last year. A few of them really stuck out to me. I liked them. One of his comments was that:
"America is not the world's policeman, Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong."
I quite like this. I'm not a extreme isolationist but in all seriousness, we don't need our hands in everything that goes on in the world. I think we have learned our lesson over the past decade with Iraq and Afghanistan and it makes me happy that Obama has realized this. The second thing that I loved is this quote:
"I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria, I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan. I will not pursue a prolonged air campaign like Libya or Kosovo."
"I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria, I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan. I will not pursue a prolonged air campaign like Libya or Kosovo."
This reaffirms to me that he's really not looking for a fight. But then again...I take things politicians say worth a grain of salt. Essentially this article gives me hope. Regardless of what has happened from then up until this point (Which is a butt ton) I hope that he stands his ground on this.
The other part of me recognizes how bat@%&* crazy ISIS is. Crazy people can't be reasoned with, so the logical part of me knows that eventually this is gonna come to a head and military action will be required for national security. But what do you guys think Obama will do? What would you like to see happen?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/politics/obama-syria-one-year-later-5-things/index.html?hpt=po_c2
