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Ham on Wry will offer to wry witticisms in this post, and has, instead opted to pen a plea to President Obama about the threatened air strike against Syria.
President Obama, your decision to order an air strike against Syria deeply disappoints this blogger. In order to serve the best interest of the American people, you must take greater care with your stance on an appropriate course of action, because the United States in not the world's police force. Announcing a military strike preceded the actual findings of the UN inspectors, an unwise choice on your part. As a British Parliament member cautioned in the British Parliament debate about an air strike, evidence should precede decision, and that nation will not join in military action at this time. If an air strike in Syria kills one innocent victim, it makes the United States part of the problem, not the solution.
America does not have the resources necessary to correct all the crimes against humanity in the world today. Until more of our allies call for military action, we must adopt a more studied approach. In all of your deliberations, remember that violence begets violence rather than quelling it. Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. demonstrated the power of peaceful demonstrations, but that option does not exist in countries led by despots. Have you not learned from the history of wars in which the United States participated no one really wins in the long term? Stand up for what is right, not what is expedient, President Obama. Use reason in choosing a course of action, because you could create greater hatred of the United States than already exists in many nations. Consider the legacy you are leaving for your children and all future generations of this nation. Teaching by example wields far more power than the spoken word. Our nation has damaged generations of young people for unclear reasons at an immeasurable cost to the country’s psyche.
The only people who profit from wars are those that build and sell the equipment used and those who own private companies that run covert operations in a paramilitary fashion. Please stand up to the hawks and do the right thing. Just say no! 
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