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[Fair&Balanced]

Originally Posted by classicman

The political spin and the other crap THEY keep spewing just boils down to one thing.
Lives are NOT equal in value.
Syrian Lives are not as valuable in this situation - Period.

IMO, to continue to insist on framing the issue solely in those terms – it comes down to why are Libyan lives worth more than Syrian lives or its all about money, oil, power, control – is simplistic and demonstrates an unwillingness to consider the numerous other factors that go into the decision making process, many of which I presented.

Factors that are not "political spin and other crap," but issues of strategic consideration.

At the very least, to continue to insist that "Syrian Lives are not as valuable in this situation" certainly doesn't demonstrate any level of strategic or analytical thinking that should and does determine broad foreign policy goals and objectives as well as any specific actions within that policy.

It may sound harsh and it is not a personal attack, but one does not need to be a foreign policy expert to understand that concept.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

It may sound harsh and it is a personal attack, but

Cut the crap and boil it down to the simplest parameters. Without all the peripheral crap, fluff and spin.

Foreign policy boils down to getting what is best for the US. That is the bottom line, always has been always will be. Same for every other country.
There may be layers and layers of other issues and concerns, but in the end it will be about getting what is best for us. To believe otherwise is worse than being simpleminded - Its flat out stoo-pit.