Syria

I'm seeing a lot of negative remarks on Facebook from both sides of the fence regarding the Syria issue, but I'm NOT seeing anyone address the heart of the matter!

First, let me establish a few key things:
1. I am not an Obama fan in any way shape or form, so my opinion has nothing to do with loyalty to him.
2. I honestly feel that a Syrian civil war in general is none of our business and that (within some guidelines) they should be left to it. If that means wiping each other out in a long civil war, well I'm sad for them, but that is really up to them.
3.  I've watched my children go off to war more than once and, as you can imagine, loathe the idea of the US participating in another war.

That having been said, the real issue here is that THEY USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS!  There are treaties in place that disallow this FOR A REASON!  If we just turn a blind eye, then we are leaving the door wide open for the next guy, and the next guy, and the next guy to do the same. How are we going to like it when it is US citizens on the receiving end of this type of warfare? Warfare is bad enough without condoning this garbage!

We are so tired of war that we seem to be burying our heads in the sand on this. Do we really think this behavior is just going to go away?  I would hope we can find a way to send these idiots a message without putting troops on the ground, but one way or another we better find a way to teach these guys that the world won't sit idly by and let them break the rules like this. I'm not talking about helping them kiss and make up, I'm talking about reminding them in no uncertain terms that chemical weapons use is NOT OKAY!

I truly hate the idea of having to get involved, but not as much as I hate the idea of the precedent we are setting if we don't stand up to this kind of behavior! Pretending this won't affect us is naive in the worst way. Just my opinion...

Gun Control

It amuses me that people in this country can so easily forget and fall into a state of denial regarding government.  Even a person who doesn't know much history recognizes names like Hitler, Mussolini, or Saddam Hussein, yet they learn nothing from them. Our country was even founded in an effort to escape tyrannical government (sorry, England, we still love you!), yet people convince themselves it could never really happen. One of the main reasons our founding fathers wrote the right to bear arms into our constitution was so that the people would always have the power to keep the government in check. I have news for you, people. Our government is not only armed, it is armed with assault weapons.  What, pray tell, do you think it takes to keep a government like that in check? Water guns? And yet I see all of these people whining and complaining and determined to take the guns out of the hands of the law abiding citizens. Where will that leave us? At the mercy of the criminals and the government, that's where.

The Second Amendment:
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

militia [mi-lish-uh]

—noun

a body of citizens organized in a paramilitary group and typically regarding themselves as defenders of individual rights against the presumed interference of the federal government.

 It's been said before and I'll say it again... They can have my gun when they pry it out of my cold dead hands.