Good morning/afternoon, all.
I've spent the last week or so getting madder and madder at a whole lotta folks on the left. I agree with a lot of these people on a lot of issues and I've voted for and donated to a lot of the same politicians. All that said, the majority of Kossacks are wrong right now, and a decent slice are arguing in bad faith, out of ignorance, wishful thinking, or outright stupidity!
President Obama is not George W. Bush. He didn't come into office with an axe to grind regarding invading a Middle Eastern country to avenge his father and secure a large supply of oil. President Obama is spending massive political capital in a probably fruitless endeavor that benefits him politically (and policy-wise) in NO WAY. The only reason I can see him doing this is because he believes that the use of chemical weapons against civilians is a moral obscenity.
You guys are acting like kids in a whole lotta threads.
**As there appears to be some confusion, allow me to clarify. I'm in no way stating or suggesting that it is evil, childish, or wrongheaded to oppose a military operation in Syria. I'm excoriating those who are applying the most childish and facile comparison to Bush and Iraq in 2002. DailyKos has been lousy with such comments**
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