[ende]

Ok, but meanwhile there are a lot of innocent lives being ruined as homes are destroyed and civilians slaughtered at the hands of a brutal dictator and his Russian accomplices. Unnecessarily destabilizing regions because we don't like a regime is one thing, but using our military prowess to help threatened peoples defend their lives and political freedom is quite another.

[pigpaws]

see my comment on being the "World Police". This country supports and props up dictators all the time. Why should we pay for a war (with dollars and blood) in another country when we can't even help the homeless here?

You as a human being will make sure your children/family are fed first, before you give to someone else, right? How is that any different as a nation?