The UN Commission on Human Rights has reported that the number of people killed in the fighting in Syria now exceeds 60,000. Let's put that into the proper perspective. If the same proportion of the population of the USA had been killed, the dead would number just under 900,000. That is nearly twice the number of Americans who died in World War II, and that war lasted nearly four years, rather than a year and a half like the fighting in Syria. The overwhelming bulk of the Syrian dead are civilians. Some were civilians who supported the uprising, but they were not combatants. Again, to put this into context, imagine that every person living in Indianapolis or Austin were killed. That would be roughly the same percentage of death as has occurred in Syria.
The shame of the USA is that we have done nothing, absolutely nothing, to stop the killing. We may well pay a heavy price for our non-involvement. Once the rebels have won (and they will), they will have no reason to consider America a friend. We will just be the power who sat on its hands while huge numbers were slaughtered. It is hardly a good way to win friends. Congratulations again to president Obama for this complete failure of policy.
The shame of the USA is that we have done nothing, absolutely nothing, to stop the killing. We may well pay a heavy price for our non-involvement. Once the rebels have won (and they will), they will have no reason to consider America a friend. We will just be the power who sat on its hands while huge numbers were slaughtered. It is hardly a good way to win friends. Congratulations again to president Obama for this complete failure of policy.
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