First let me state that I'm against military intervention in Syria right now. I'm a strong supporter of the president, but I don't agree on this push for military action right now. I'd rather a diplomatic solution.
I opposed the war in Iraq because I knew it would become a long, drawn out costly affair. And of course it was. Now comparing Obama to Bush in this case is inaccurate because Bush was pushing for a full invasion of Iraq with hundreds of thousands of ground troops. Obama is not pushing for this, he is just pushing for a limited air strike. It is not the same as the run up to the Iraq war.
However, my concern is that a limited air strike could escalate into something much bigger. Syria may retaliate against someone, or what if one of our fighter pilots was shot down and taken prisoner in Syria? Then we would need to send ground troops into the country to rescue him, and this could lead to a larger conflict.
If I was in the Congress, I would listen to what the president would have to say, and let him make his argument for action, but I would probably end up voting against military action at this point. It doesn't matter whether the president is a Republican or Democrat, I just tend to oppose what I feel is unnecessary military action and wars.
I opposed the Iraq war not because a Republican president was proposing it, I opposed it because I sincerely felt it was a mistake. If Bill Clinton wanted to invade Iraq back in the nineties, I would have opposed it then. But I now feel I am seeing ridiculous hypocrisy coming from Republicans on this matter.
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