Is Syria next for a "US rescue" ? (Iran, Iraq, middle east)

[HappyTexan]

I'm just waiting to see what comes out of DC on this one....
Same MO as Libya.

Syrian security forces open fire; 27 killed - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110422/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria - broken link)
"Syrian security forces fired live bullets and tear gas Friday on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country, killing at least 15 people — including a young boy — as the uprising against President Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime defied a deadly security crackdown, witnesses said."

[Frank DeForrest]

The Obomba doctrine calls for humanitarian aid in the form of drones and air strikes.

[tablemtn]

Well, we certainly overlooked it when Bahrain violently crushed its protests. As usual, these things come down to the various interest groups who "guide" American foreign policy.

[AuDiBelle]

Well according to O, we had to go to Libya to save all of the innocent civilians getting massacred. So I guess that same logic should apply to Syria as well.

We are quickly becoming an imperialist nation.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by whatyousay

Well according to O, we had to go to Libya to save all of the innocent civilians getting massacred. So I guess that same logic should apply to Syria as well.

We are quickly becoming an imperialist nation.

It seems we didn't care enough about Egypt.
We also didn't even try to go up against Iran.
We jumped into Libya though.

There is a pattern here as to what countries the US wants to "save" but I don't see it yet. (oil ?)

[AuDiBelle]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

It seems we didn't care enough about Egypt.
We also didn't even try to go up against Iran.
We jumped into Libya though.

There is a pattern here as to what countries the US wants to "save" but I don't see it yet. (oil ?)

Yeah, except that CHINA gets Libyan oil, not us. Unless we are purposely doing China's bidding...

There is a definite lack of logic here.

[Watchman57]

Lieberman Suggests No-Fly Zone an Option in Syria if Violence Escalates - FoxNews.com

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by whatyousay

Yeah, except that CHINA gets Libyan oil, not us. Unless we are purposely doing China's bidding...

There is a definite lack of logic here.

China also got oil from Iraq once we finished there.
We fought and China walks in and deals with their new government to sign oil leases.

[Chango]

We'll sweep in and "save" the whole region once it is too destabilized for Middle Eastern governments to unite and organize any meaningful resistance.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by whatyousay

Yeah, except that CHINA gets Libyan oil, not us. Unless we are purposely doing China's bidding...

There is a definite lack of logic here.

US Foreign Policy as usual, eh?