John McCain Calls for US to Bomb Syria

Senator John McCain urged the United States Monday to lead air strikes on President Bashar al-Assad's military forces, assailing President Obama as having too passive a response to the atrocities there. Ham on Wry would like to see the Syrian's plight ended, too, but not by bombing the region. The United States doesn't need to put one more American military person in harm's way in the Middle East without provocation against us. Our country can't possibly quell all of the atrocities that exist in the world today.

Why hasn't Senator McCain called for the United States to use military strikes in Sudan and other war-torn regions of Africa? We have watched for years as innocent people in that area starve to death and are mercilessly attacked by ruling forces. The United States has long championed freedom for persecuted populations. It's time for other nations to spearhead action.

We need leaders who consider all ramifications of military options, something that President Obama's. predecessor George W. Bsuh did not do when he ordered the attack on Iraq. The times has come to recognize that if the countries that border Syria don't help, getting rid of al-Assad's regime doesn't provide a solution to the overarching questions of what happens after that.

With the nuclear threat looming in Iran and so many unstable governments in the Middle East, the United States must use caution in where it sends our armed forces. You're wrong on this one, Senator McCain.