Less than a week ago, the esteemed leader of the most powerful country in the world was entirely sanguine about the Assad regime in Syria. Dear Donald saw it as an ally in the fight against ISIS. He had no interest in regime change.
One horrendous chemical weapon attack later, we have a 180 degree reversal.
It was beyond atrocious. And illegal. And any other description trotted out by any number of world leaders. As it should be.
But I don’t understand. I don’t understand why the pictures of children killed by chemicals is any more unacceptable than children killed by bullets and bombs. And that has been happening for the last 6 years in Syria.
And this is also not the first chemical attack by the Assad regime.
I dismiss Trump’s verbal response as his need to look like he is on the right side, and I am not surprised by his ability to say the exact opposite of his ramblings a few days ago without shame.
But as to the rest?
What good is a missile strike on a Syrian airfield going to accomplish? What use is all the great and the good giving their support for this action as a proportionate response to an atrocity?
Will it stop Assad? No. Will it stop Russia supporting Assad? No.
Will it end the suffering of innocents in Syria, or anywhere else in the world? No.
When will the leaders of the civilised world arrive at that point where they acknowledge the first measure of civilisation is the protection of the weak, the defenseless, the innocent.
And from there be able to put their dicks back in their respective trousers, stop swinging their balls around to prove how strong and powerful and capable they are, and start acting like human beings.
So much of the strife in the world is rooted in man’s inability to back down from an argument they cannot win. And all that results is the suffering of innocents, and recruiting of angry souls.
It was atrocious. But so was every other attack before. The weaponry was different, the result was the same.
And it will stay the same until leaders really lead, rather than just posture.
Shame on you all. The blood is on all your hands!
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