Congressman Blake Farenthold on U.S. Military Intervention in Syria
by Blake Farenthold on September 7, 2013 at 9:53 PM
After attending Friday’s classified briefing and listening to the people I represent, I have decided to vote against U.S. military intervention in Syria’s civil war. Our involvement could further destabilize an unstable region, and there is no clear mission or desired outcome that has been articulated to Congress or the American people. If we were to get involved, it should be as part of a large coalition of our allies and with the support of the U.N. We should not be doing this alone, and I have concerns that proceeding with military action in Syria could lead to another war on par with Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Currently, there are no Americans at risk in the Syrian Civil War and no American lives have been lost. Lets keep it that way. Even a "limited" war would be a bad thing to support here. There is no such thing as a limited war and you cannot limit the retaliation of the people you bomb on purpose or by accident. Not just the pilots, but the people that work in embassies, on ships or at ports, diplomats, etc. and all servicemen and women would be at much greater risk for attack and retaliation if we mindlessly butt in to their Civil War. Not one more dollar should be spent in Syria either. The billions that the UK has estimated this war would cost the US is not worth borrowing for.