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Should we" Seal Team" Assad?

Would you assasinate?

  • Yes...take the bastad out!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No...this makes us no better than he is.

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • It's more complicated than that....here's why.

    Votes: 9 60.0%
  • Total voters
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I think the USA should follow Starfleet's Prime Directive. Do not interfere with the internal development of alien civilizations.
 
No we should not partake in political assasinations of any time, unless its in self defense of our country. And this is not one of those times.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
No we should not partake in political assasinations of any time, unless its in self defense of our country. And this is not one of those times.
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It could be argued as self defense given Syrias sponsorship of terrorism. But I agree, at this particular moment, Syria isnt threatening externally, as far as we know. What should the US do if the UNSC passes a resolution to keep the peace?
 
tecoyah said:
Given the opportunity to save a couple thousand people, by assassinating a single man...would you approve?
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Very tempting, very noble and very foolish.
Have we learned nothing ?
And, we should never have executed Osama, but capture him and have him live in a pig sty for 50 years... YES.
We have too many cowboys with guns in our nation..
"Know thine enemy !"
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1060260445 said:
I think the USA should follow Starfleet's Prime Directive. Do not interfere with the internal development of alien civilizations.
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Very well stated.
And are the Islamics ever "alien"...They would be far less so if we would trouble ourselves to know them.
 
tecoyah said:
Given the opportunity to save a couple thousand people, by assasinating a single man...would you approve?
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I wouldn't mind seeing him die, but 1) I doubt it would do much good and 2) It would be illegal to assissinate him.
 
I love how everybody thinks that by killing one person, one can topple an entire regime or organization. After Kim-Jung-Il was dead, did North Korea topple? After Osama's killing, did Al-Qaeda got dismantled? So do you think that by killing Assad, who was actually a humanist and protested against his father's murderous ways in his early years, the killings of the Syrians could stop? Does anybody truly believe that by killing Hitler, the Nazi regime could have been stopped? There were plenty of potential successors well qualified and sometimes even more qualified, such as Albert Speer and such.
 
Proud South Korean said:
I love how everybody thinks that by killing one person, one can topple an entire regime or organization. After Kim-Jung-Il was dead, did North Korea topple? After Osama's killing, did Al-Qaeda got dismantled? So do you think that by killing Assad, who was actually a humanist and protested against his father's murderous ways in his early years, the killings of the Syrians could stop? Does anybody truly believe that by killing Hitler, the Nazi regime could have been stopped? There were plenty of potential successors well qualified and sometimes even more qualified, such as Albert Speer and such.
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Who said it has to end with Assad? You simply keep removing dictators until theres none left.
 
NO. Assad poses no significant threat to the United States or to Americans here in the United States. He does pose a threat to people in his own country, including any Americans stupid enough to be there. However, those individuals who are stupid enough to leave the relative safety of the United States to travel to places like Syria should be doing so AT THEIR OWN RISK.
 
jonny5 said:
It could be argued as self defense given Syrias sponsorship of terrorism. But I agree, at this particular moment, Syria isnt threatening externally, as far as we know. What should the US do if the UNSC passes a resolution to keep the peace?
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Syria hasnt supported terrorism sense 1986......
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Syria hasnt supported terrorism sense 1986......
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According to the State Dept, Syria took part in the assasination of the Prime Minister of Lebanon in 2007. They also continue to provide political support to Hezbollah and Hamas.
 
apdst said:
I wouldn't mind seeing him die, but 1) I doubt it would do much good and 2) It would be illegal to assissinate him.
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that is correct. the United States does not Assasinate. We just remove your ability to communicate with your commanders by turning off your personal hand-held radio.

with one of these:

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