A letter to Congress about Syria

What Calvin Garlick wrote to his Congressman:

This is in response to the Syrian crisis that is ongoing. First, I will plainly state that I am AGAINST military action in Syria. It is has nothing to do with the humanitarian effort that all the politicians state or chemical weapons at that. The rebels clearly stated several times, they committed the offenses of using the chemical weapons. Second, this intervention is strictly geopolitical warfare and that it will not accomplish anything of real significance except more instability in the region, American troops getting deployed (don't act like they won't), and prove to the "east" that we are too war hungry. How can we say the Chechen militants, the Iraqi insurgents, and AL Qaeda (who are they ONLY ones who are making real advances against Assad) will be a fair partner even to Saudi Arabia? This is dangerous behavior. Doing nothing is not a serious consequence. It really is not. Tell them CIA guys and those Saudi guys to drop the advances. This is not anti-American rhetoric. It WILL save our troops lives. It was a stupid pick of a fight. Plus, this effort will leave Iran wide open to a preemptive strike against Saudi Arabia especially in an economic slowdown. This is the perfect time to strike for them. Consider that you politicians right now are the REAL ones about to start WW3. I don't want to look back at our country (if it even exists) and say "Son, We started that big war that killed so many people." Its so sad that I actually have to visualize this is a real thing. So, please I beg of you, the Syrians protested and were killed. Let them know it didn't work. Much like Bahrain and Qatar which they were brutally oppressed just the same during the same time. Please don't become the Bush/Cheney administration again. Its was a disgrace then and it still is now. Thank you for your time and Good Night

I don’t know Calvin, but saw this on HuffPo’s Facebook, a very liberal site full of crazies.  He sounded sensible and thoughtful.  And I would add, whether you agree or not, Bush actually did have a plan—he said many times, he thought the Afghans and Iraqis deserve the same freedoms we’ve enjoyed.  It was naïve.  We don’t need to impose our system on countries buried in the 7th century. Bush also had the assurances of Kerry, Pelosi, Clinton, Waxman, Edwards, and others, that there were definitely WMD in Iraq.  The same group that backed off later, then today is assuring us that terrible chemical weapons are being used in Syria. Bush also spent months leading up to the invasion in talks with Congress, and had strong support.