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Oh, and ISIS is cutting off the heads of gays, Christians,
or anyone else who does not submit to Sharia law.
The Syrian conflict is an international tire fire. No amount
of “water” will put this fire out. Humanitarian aid? To whom? Send troops? Hell
no! No one should allow our American blood into the guerrilla-style firing fray
endemic to the region.
But does the United States just sit and shout “Burn, baby,
burn”? If only Barack Obama had done that. Instead, he launched out into
uncharted terror-tory, I mean territory—aside from everything and everyone on
fire—and announced a red line” if Syria used chemical weapons against their own
people.
Bashar al-Assad gassed his people, violated international
law (as if we should care), and Obama did nothing.
Obama’s inaction followed an apology tour throughout the
Middle East four years prior. Internal rebellions toppled stable yet corrupt
and oppressive regimes through the Middle East and North Africa, and Islamic
terrorist satellites swung into orbit around the upcoming ISIS death star.
Now comes the Trump Administration. The President decided to
bomb the airfield where Assad released nerve gas, killing innocent civilians: red
line crossed again. Instead of “hope and change” mantras, Trump launched 59
missiles.
Trump accomplished the following without killing anyone:
1. Demonstrated that the United States is not leading from
behind.
2. Showed strength to shake up Islamic terrorists in the
region.
3. Put Iran, Syria, Russia, and North Korea on notice that he
is a man of his word, and of action.
4. Blew up the lie that he is a puppet of Russia.
5. Demonstrated soft power to curb the spread of the
international fire in the Middle East from affecting the United States in the
near future.
Am I worried about an escalation of American intervention?
The United States should refrain from this
bloody Rubik’s-cube quagmire. But just like the inferno of a near-by tire
factor, the residual damage of this military maelstrom is threatening us. In
one tire fire, combatants squirted an extra blast of gasoline right in the
middle of the blaze. The fire raged hotter, then burned out the rubber, killing
the entire blaze. Perhaps Trump’s brief show of strength will have the same
effect on the Syrian civil wars.