A Quick Word with the American Public

Hello readers.

I will get back to writing humorous articles about things I know nothing about soon, but first I think I need to have a quick discussion about this whole Syria debacle.  There are a few things I would like to address.

First I would like to speak directly to the American people.  I'll get to the International Community in a second.  But first, the American public.  Really?  You decided that now you can't have anything to do with this conflict?  You seemed ready to kick some ass when it came to Iraq not too long ago, and hardly any of you noticed when it came out that the entire war had been started under false pretenses.  But no, we don't care about that because Saddam was a bad guy.  I won't dispute that claim, the man was definitely deserving of both ass kickings he received.  But suddenly you guys don't seem to want to have anything to do with these people who are using every weapon they can get their hands on to kill each other.  So long as it doesn't affect your 401K then huh?  Saddam was horrid because he was a dictator AND messed with the world economy.  I guess all we Americans care about is ourselves, and we are perfectly willing to go to war "to protect democracy" so long as your country has valuable natural resources that we can exploit.

Sooner or later a vast section of the world is going to get wise to your thinking.  I hope we still have some friends left when that day comes because they are going to come knocking, asking just who the hell we think we are.  To forestall this inevitable collection of our moral taxes I suggest we start giving off the impression that we give a shit about our fellow man, and not just the Petroleum reserves he happens to live above.

Now, on to the International Community.  Granted our military is the biggest one on the planet, our Defense Spending accounts for 39% of world wide military expenditure, but we all have to live here.  Step up to the plate once in a while.  I liked the Libya solution.  I have to give a serious thank you to the following countries for their commitment to the intervention:

Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, The Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, The United Arab Emerates, and the UK.

But, where are you guys now?  The same kind of shit storm is kicking off on your doorstep and suddenly you can't be bothered?  Do you think that if you just ignore this problem it will go away?  That's not how this works.  The UK I can kind of understand being hesitant, you are an island after all, and with your empire now a scattering of ports and obscure airfields I could see why you want to maintain a low profile.  The rest of you though I don't get.  You have to live next to this.  Its like hearing gunshots in the apartment next to you, watching as bullets punch through your wall, hoping that someone on the other side drops dead and shuts up.  Even worse, you accuse us, the damn police (because none of you wanted the job) of trying to intervene.  If you think we shouldn't be involved, then fine.  But get off of your ass and fix this before it gets even worse.

As for Russia, shut the hell up.  You backed the loser in this fight, now acknowledge that one of your picks didn't turn out the way you planned and start backing better players.

That's all.  I'll have something a bit funnier put up on Friday.