Should the United States intervene in Syria?

Las Cruces - As I write this post, the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee is hearing from Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Joint Chiefs Chair Martin Dempsey on the Obama Administration's plans for possible intervention in Syria. I applaud President Obama's decision to seek the consent of Congress before initiating any military action against the Assad regime. This is the Constitutional process that many Presidents, both Republican and Democrat, have ignored while unilaterally executing cavalier military solutions. I ask in this week's poll "Should the United States intervene in the Syrian civil war?" Many Americans continue to be war weary after almost 13 years at war in the Middle East. While most of us can agree that the use of chemical weapons on any peoples is inhumane and atrocious, should the U.S. intervene in a cloudy civil war that will inevitably lead to more inhumane atrocities where more innocent civilians will needlessly perish? War is inhumane, the U.S. is in an unfortunate position of having to pick international winners and losers once more when in reality there really are no winners or losers, just death. Remember to vote in this week's poll, the results will be shared on my radio program this weekend.