The curious case of Syria.
Much has been said about the soon-to-be inevitable strike against Syria, but I do want to add a few rambling thoughts. Clearly the situation has been bothersome enough for me to emerge from a long slumber, hopefully some readership still exists! While the fusion of two parties into one giant monolithic warfare-welfare state is now a foregone conclusion, several interesting arguments have come up that I would love to scribble about. Argument #1: Obama does not need to seek Congressional authorization, but now that he has, he is a great president. First of all, just because there is precedent does not make the precedent noble. Bush got authorization for Iraq and look what happened. An open-ended conflict that dragged on longer than world war 2, the result of which is unclear at best. Just last weekend, explosions rocked Baghdad as a result of sectarian violence. Whether we bomb them, invade them or import our brand of democracy - the cultural differences of an a