re: #338 ObserverArt

I am wondering if anyone has made this point. I’ve heard many say that America did nothing when Saddam gassed the Kurds back in the mid/late 80s. And that is true. But carry that thought out.

Are we paying now with Syria with what we let go with Hussein then?

I don’t know if it is even relevant, but I am just wondering if anyone has used that as a discussion point?

Sort of. The common thread with dictators in these situations is they always push their luck. International community is slow to act, despots get away with a few infractions and often end up overplaying their hand. Saddam did it for decades and was probably as surprised as the rest of us when the invasion started. Saddam rolled the dice enough and eventually got unlucky. Assad will do the same thing. He might get away with it for a decade of two but his luck will run out eventually.