Syrian conflict Letter to the editor Raleigh N&O Aug 2013
Bashar al-Assad has deliberately challenged Obama’s
“red line” declaration by going ahead with a heinous chemical weapons attack.
It would seem his assessment is that a limited American military response such
as cruise missiles against targeted sites, would prove ineffective and would
gain him continued military support from Iran and his other allies.
A more significant military response will involve taking out
Syria’s robust air defense system…a move that will certainly cost American
lives and result in further involvement in what is at this time a civil war
involving several competing factions.
Rather than a military response, we should impose every
possible diplomatic and economic pressure we can bring to bear on the Syrian
regime, while continuing to extend humanitarian aid to the displaced and
injured caught up in this tragic civil conflict.
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