I have written in the past about my concern about the war in Syria. Some have asked what my fears about the war in Syria are? Some Christian brothers and sisters are paying the ultimate cost for the actions of the US government. Our government has destroyed the communities where these Christians live. I have a responsibility to speak out against the violence brought on my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. It matters not if it is in Syria, Iran, Russia or China that my government is bringing violence and destruction, I have the moral responsibility to voice my objections.
Am I entirely against war? No! I believe that a nation has the right to defend itself from the aggression of another country. I think a strong military as a deterrent to war. I do not believe in aggressive action against a sovereign nation because they do not believe in our world agenda. There is the theory that war is justified if the cause is just. This is referred to as the just-war-theory.
This theory is based on the idea that a person or country must at times confront the forces of evil that seek to destroy the peace of the nation. Making peace may require acts of self-defense, which may result in taking the life of an unjust aggressor. I understand this concept and support it. To be able to justify an act of aggression against a person or nation the are some criteria for this justification.
Just-war theory provides the moral principles for the declaration and waging of war, but some moralities must be followed.
War must confront the clear danger to a nation or restore what was unjustly seized. In the case of Syria, the United States has not been attacked nor is our national interests at risk. A country does not have the right to interfere at will in the internal matters of another country, especially to remove a legitimate leader or government, even though it is a dictatorship, and especially when the opposing forces are a collection of rebel groups that seek only to overthrow the government. The US government’s record of supporting rebel causes has not gone well for America or the country being defeated.
The legitimate authority must declare the war and must be acting on behalf of WE THE PEOPLE. For the United States, only Congress has the power to declare war, and the War Powers Act limits the president’s use of military intervention on his own initiative. The declaration of war or the use of the War Powers Act should only be used when the United States has been attacked. Where are the Syrian soldiers attacking us?
The reasons for declaring the war must be based on just objectives and not a masking of ulterior goals, like taking over the banking and oil production of a nation.
My question is the intention of the United States pure in acting to help the Syrian people knowing that Islamist terrorist groups from other countries have infiltrated with the intent of establishing an Islamic state? How can war against Syria be just when the rebels wanting to overthrow Assad is from the same Islamic nation that attacked our own country? Have we forgotten 9/11? That was an attack on America. However, our government went to war with the wrong country. It was Saudi Arabia the 19 terrorists came from not Iraq or Afghanistan. Strange how these two countries were blamed for an act committed by the Saudi’s.
All reasonable, peaceful alternatives must have been exhausted or have been deemed impractical or ineffective. Many have called for diplomacy and negotiation, before resorting to military action in Syria which has been ignored by the Washington gunslingers. Why did we rush into this conflict? This was a domestic problem within the nation of Syria and not the United States. Don’t tell me it is to protect Israel. Israel is the only nation in the region with nuclear weapons. They don’t need our protection. If push comes to shove Israel can defend their nation. Current estimates put the size of the Israeli nuclear arsenal at between 80 and 400 nuclear warheads, and the country is believed to possess the ability to deliver them in a variety of methods including aircraft; submarine-launched cruise missiles; and the Jericho series of intermediate to intercontinental range ballistic missiles.
What good is it to wage war if it leaves the country in total devastation with no one really being the “winner?” Considering our success of removing dictators what we have accomplished? The US government has a record of leaving a country at the hands of terrorist organizations, like al-Qaida, and the Islamic State of Iraq. The US government has only brought destabilization to the area.
The final criteria for a just war are the achievement of the war’s purpose must have a reasonable chance of success. To my knowledge, we have not declared war on the nations we have removed their elected leaders. Our government has been involved in a conflict that has cost the lives of many young American men and women. The US government has spent TRILLIONS of dollars without any success of winning the “war” in Afghanistan. Are we going to become involved in Syria to the point we pay the price with the lives of our sons and daughters without the vision of winning this war?
When will we take care of our own domestic issues? Our government may not use chemical weapons against the American people, but the inaction of our government to take care of problems like Flint, Michigan’s drinking water, or the chemicals being dumped into our water supply from ground runoff is killing Americans with a slow death.
The American people need to ask what the agenda of those who want to push us into war with Syria, Iran, and Russia is? What do they have to gain from a war with these countries? I have heard if you want to find out the why, follow the money.
America needs to get out of Syria and deal with our own domestic issues.
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