I don't want to go into Syria either. I do however get the cost of 59 missles to go after someone that has used chemical weapons on their own people is a good thing. As long as it's a once over deal. That 59 million is putting the rest of the world on notice, and now China in a new deal is putting the screws to NK. Something that hasn't happened in 60 years. Russia is in full wow mode.
Let them be run by Asad. I don't care. Why would i care of a desert hole that is the home to ISIS is run by a dictator that isn't going to put up with that.
Maybe if Odummer didn't stick his failed nose in that tent, ISIS wouldn't exist today? Maybe if he wasn't fighting a civil war that we were supporting the other side on, he would have time to deal with that ISIS group, but why would he now?? Let them have their area's as long as they are attacking the USA it's not bothering him. The middle east is a strange group of people and they can't handle democracy. It's just not something they can handle. But, so what. unless the people want to rally and fight, we should stay out of it. Until they attack us, then hammer them and their leaders into the dirt so bad that it's written into their history books as if it was a plaque brought down on them by their God. that is the only thing they understand.
Clearly Syria isn't worth it when millions and millions of their military age men flee vs fight for freedom, and self governance.
As for Iraq and nation building.. I don't support using our money to build a nation. No one did that. We can create a loan, we can support. Sell them arms. But we should also realize that things don't happen in a day or a year. Look at our history. We signed the Declaration of independence in 1776, but didn't have a constitution until 1787. We all got along unlike Iraq.
I support spreading democracy for those that want it, but they should have to do the heavy lifting, not us. They (whomever that is) should have to pay for it.