budget of 700 billion annually (Gould, Joe) and is growing year by year. The budget is draining away our resources that are necessary for our everyday life like education, healthcare and economy. It is important to protect the innocent, but at what cost? It shouldn’t be the United States’ responsibility to go overseas and involve ourselves in a direct conflict, especially when it doesn’t receive congressional approval. The Countries that are allied with us that condemn these acts of terrorism like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, etc., should be the ones who conduct these types of operations. You wouldn’t put your queen at risk to eliminate a pawn. When the United States launched missiles at Syrian locations, Russia threatened to retaliate and that would be an absolute disaster. Our country has never been more divided and we are not prepared for any global conflict. The last time our country was at war, we entered a recession, it was surrounded by controversy and it lasted for over a decade. There is too much risk and not enough reward for this dynamic, complicated subject.
For too long the United States has tried to police other countries into submission. Eventually this type over reach will come back to bite us in the butt if we’re not careful. I was just as upset during the Obama administration like I am now during our current administration for this foolish move. If we strong arm the surrounding countries into executing the operation that we conducted, there wouldn’t be blamed passed on to us. The surrounding countries effect would make Syria more cautious to violating human rights due to the overwhelming amount of force around it. This is a bipartisan issue that needs to be tentatively and precisely discussed, not become an executive order that could potentially put us in a financial hole or even worse, war.
Citations
- CBS/AP. “Nuke Watchdog Reveals Another Chemical Attack in Syria.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 5 Oct. 2017
- Gould, Joe. “Senate Reaches Budget Deal with Huge Defense Boost.” Defense News, Defense News, 7 Feb. 2018
- Gibbons-neff, Thomas. “Missile Strikes Are Unlikely to Stop Syria's Chemical Attacks, Pentagon Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
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