This conflict with Syria is interesting in that it has temporarily broken party lines of Congress.  We have a rare sight: Republicans voting against a war?  Obama teaming up with John McCain?  There’s no clear cut dividing line here.  Some people want to push the big red button that fires missiles at Syria, some want to stay out of it.

I’m no expert on the issue, but personally I fall into the latter category.  Despite the fact that the Syrian Government seems to have gassed its own people, I would rather not get tangled up in this mess.

We’ve already spent too many years tangled up in iffy military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.  But sure, keep piling them on, Iran, Pakistan, and now Syria.

It may start with drone-bombing, but what if that doesn’t work?  We have the choice of putting American troops on the ground or backing off and admitting that we were wrong, which would embarrass the United States in its role as the world’s police.  Some people, like John Boehner, wish to uphold this occupation of slapping countries on the wrist when they do something we don’t approve of.  We’re saving lives, after all.  Bringing Democracy to war torn regions.  Others say we’re sticking our noses where they don’t belong.

I believe that we shouldn’t get involved.  Yes, it is awful what is happening all around the world.  But what about the genocide in Darfur?  We didn’t help out there. So if we’re the world police, we’re letting some things slip through the cracks.

Normally I tend to agree with President Obama, but more and more I’m seeing raging Facebook posts from some of the most liberal people I know calling him out on supporting this.

And then you have to consider that we’re pretty messed up at home, too.  The United States has a huge deficit and a Congress of children who refuse to agree on anything, even if it means the country crashes and burns.  We call ourselves the greatest nation on earth, but we need to get our shit together before we go out and try to fix everyone elses.