Useful rundown of the various flimsy arguments being floated to justify potential U.S. military intervention in Syria http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/30/hawking_something_syria_intervention?page=full …
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@DGisSERIOUS As Zenko points out, the assumption that deploying U.S. military power would plausibly remedy those is very dubious.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DGisSERIOUS yeah, he didn't present the list as exhaustive. Where do you get the 100k figure, out of curiosity?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DGisSERIOUS Oh, I thought you meant that an intervention tomorrow would stop 100k *additional* deaths.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DGisSERIOUS yeah, I've yet to hear a convincing case that intervening now makes sense. Argument from "preserving U.S. credibility" is bogus1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@DGisSERIOUS Not to mention that intervening could just as well *undermine* US credibility
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