"ok...we'll let this one slide this time. Just this once."

--UN

Do you really think any country wants to get involved in the Middle East with all the shit going on in Iraq? The US is in no position at all to make demands from the UN to do something about Syria, and to be frank I don't think the US Military can handle being in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan all at the same time while this country has a mounting deficit and political scandal.

But what the fuck is the point of the UN if nothing is ever done?! No one has ever been able to answer that question. It's just annoying that all the UN does is send TPS reports to the UN Reps from Syria and Pakistan. Nothing is ever taken seriously.

I wont disagree, the UN has become far to bureaucratic to be of any use. Things need to change.

beer:

What justification is there for taking any action against Syria at this point?

The UN is irrevelant. The US will do what it wants when it wants. We have already found this out as this was the case with Iraq.

In addition, the UN doesn't uphold human values or anything of the kind. The UN and its member nations approved an illegal war in Afghanistan. The Un and countries including Canada, Britain, Russia France and everyone else are just as guilty as the US.

Oh, you're probably asking, how is the war in Afghanistan Illegal?

Well, for one, it was concieved before the 9/11 attacks happened. The US informed many countries in the Summer of 2001 that they may be attacking Afghanistan.

http://www.indiareacts.com/archivefeatu ... ctg=policy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1550366.stm

http://www.janes.com/security/internati ... _1_n.shtml

This right off the bat illegitimizes the war.

that might be true ninty , but the taliban didnt help matters by not turning over OBL , and please dont say that the us didnt give them any time to think about turning him over , this whole operation in afghanistan might been avoided if the taliban had gave up OBL.

But the Taliban wern't "harbouring" him. OBL wasn't living in a Taliban house, he was just "in" Afghanistan, which the Taliban controlled. If they don't know where he is, how can they turn him over.

OBL is a US asset. He is never meant to be captured or killed. If his percieved to be alive, Al Queda stays alive and the war on terror stays alive.

the taliban invited OBL to live in afghanistan , also obl married mullah omar sister , so i think the taliban pretty much knew where obl was located. i dont think OBL will ever be captured his security is too good and he doesnt use modern tech. devices

do you have a source that the Taliban Invited OBL to live in Afghanistan? I haven't heard of this.

Dear OBL

Please come live in cave




signed

taliban

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":3dd29]Dear OBL

Please come live in cave




signed

taliban[/quote:3dd29]

dance:

And some of you wonder why your not taken seriously...

Well it makes sense to me that troops would be in Syria. If insurgents are coming into Iraq and being supplied and trained from Syria, then that opens up a new theatre in this war. You cant limit fighting to strictly one area, we learned that mistake from Vietnam. But the fact that we are in this war to begin with is retarded. We wouldnt have to worry about insurgents if we hadnt invaded in the first place. Its a necessary battlefield operation in an unecessary war.