The Obama Administration wants to go to war with Syria despite strong resistance from Congress, the international community and the American public. Why? The reasoning, according to Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, is that we can’t stand idly by while Assad uses chemical weapons to murder his own citizens (even though there is no irrefutable proof that he has done so). As the world’s preeminent super power, it’s our duty to confront genocide, war crimes, ethnic purges and humanitarian injustices in every dark corner of the globe — no matter what. Or so the argument goes.
“These are real human beings, real children, parents being affected in ways that are unacceptable to anybody, anywhere by any standards,” Kerry said, speaking about the YouTube videos showing Syrians dying from sarin nerve gas. “And the United States of America that has always stood with others to say we will not allow this — this is not our values, it’s not who we are.”
Always stood with others? Values? With all due respect Secretary, that’s bullshit.
The bottom line is that the U.S. — and most other world powers — only intervene when there is something in it for them. And much of the time, there’s absolutely no advantage to stopping the injustices of distant lands. That’s why, throughout history, the U.S. has allowed humanitarian atrocities on an overwhelming scale.
Don’t believe us? Click here for 12 examples from the last century.
