Hands off Syria

EIN News says, "EU Draft UN Resolution on Syria Could Hurt Stability, China Says China warned that a European draft resolution asking the UN Security Council to condemn Syria would not defuse tension in the region, suggesting Beijing could block it if it is submitted for a vote. (reuters.com)".

Although this is an EU draft to the United Nations, it affects us because we will be expected to vote on it and also be expected to support the EU.

The Syrians have every right to determine their own government, without interference from the outside. If the Syrian people don't like the present government, it is their sole responsibility to change it, not ours. I generally support the Chinese position on the situation.

If it comes to a vote in the UN, I strongly suggest that the US vote against it or at least abstain. Any vote to the contrary will lead to a Syrian government censure, which will result in military support for the rebels, and we will have another great US cost, in the same manner as we have just experienced in Libya, and our long-term problems in both Afghanistan and Iraq. We can't afford to continue this attitude of trying to change the world to match that perceived by the Obama Administration.

I call on the U.S. Congress to bring a sense of reality to all of these international nation building problems.