On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:19:26 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The controlling leadership of this country is more interested in
granting Green Cards to the partners of gay illegal immigrants than
using our influence to curb the murder of over 100,000 people in
Syria, now with acknowledged chemical weapons in some cases.

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That's all true but unfortunately it is not at all clear if there are
any "good guys" in the Syria conflict. There are plenty of innocent
civillians but how do you help them without taking sides with one of
the equally repugnant factions? The devil we know may be better in
this case than the unstable devils we don't.