The United States should immediately intervene in Syria

1) Enmity towards IsraelThe Pro admits that there would be increased enmity towards Israel, and then by extension, towards the US, but dismisses that argument as "so what, they hate us already".... Not a very good argument, but an argument nonetheless...The problem with increased anger towards the US and Israel is that it would come at a time when peace in the Middle East is becoming a top priority for the US, a priority that can only be successfully handled through diplomacy, not warfare. overrunning a third world country in the Middle East for the third time would set back efforts to restore relations with the Middle East by 20 years, probably more. This would be very bad for US relations and it would all be for a war that might not yield satisfying results, cost billions of dollars to fund, cost troops their lives, and put a nice little dent in our budget....2) A Syrian intervention would like Libya, not IraqThis is how the Pro thinks that we can avoid an invasion of Syria"Start out by destroying the tanks that Assad has recently put in an offensive formation against Syrian residential neighborhoods. " - 1 - What happens after that Pro, the people wont come out and start singing Kumbaya and form a new government because the old one still is in power, we now just really p*ssed them off by blowing up some (not all, not even a majority, just some) of their military.... What would we do about the rest of the military, we cant just drone all of them out. - 2 - Hmmmmmmmmm, where else did we see a war start by pre-empted bombings and drone attacks against a middle eastern government that oppressed its people............ Oh yeah, IRAQ.....3) Arabian World trying to help Syria"King of Saudi Arabia: "Until when will we remain spectators?" he said. The bloodshed in Syria "is a disgrace for us as Muslims and Arabs to accept."" - First off, Saudi Arabia is in no position to take a moral stance on anything since women arent even allowed to drive in that country - Second, if the Arab world really does care about Syria, then let THEM handle it. Just because one of the Middle East governments isnt playing nice doesnt mean they all have to come crying to the US to fix it, let them work out their own problems with Syria if they really are concerned - Third, if Sauid Arabia really cares about Syria, then why did they pull out of the very league monitoring the situation...http://www.bbc.co.uk... - Fourth, Saudi Arabia wants the US to fix everything, they even wanted the US to bomb Iranhttp://www.theblogismine.com...The US is not the big daddy of the Middle East, and we shouldnt invade a country every time they ask because if we did, the US would have invaded every country except Saudi Arabia and Israel...4) Syrian demonstrators are not organized. The one source that the Pro shows claiming that the Syrian protesters are currently actively fighting their government and are organized is a source showing that some people in the army are leaving..... That is not nearly close to being organized like the Libyan rebels were Pro, during the war they were setting up districts and a government in the territory they actually had control of, that has not happened in Syria.http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com...5) Just because we can invade Syria doesnt mean we shouldntPro dismissed my arguments through wordplay, basically he forfeits how just because the US can overthrow a government, it doesnt mean they should every time the Pro feels like it....6) US would be hypocritical to invade a country for abusing protesters...I like how the Pro is such a die hard fan of defending people's rights to protest but the second I point out how the US and other countries dont treat protesters fairly either he says something along the lines of "Well Syria is the worst so we should invade them and ignore everyone else" But heres the problem, even when Syria is the biggest violators of the right to protest, you cant invade them based on doing something you yourself are doing too. That is the equivalent of 1 student who cheated on 10 questions during a test ratting out another student who cheated on 40 questions on the grounds that "cheating is wrong"Its just hypocritical for the US to invade Syria because they're treating protesters bad when we are essentially doing the same thing. 7) Middle East countries protest US invasionsThe Pro tries to say this isnt true by using a War that took place 20 years ago, when the US liberated Kuwait. Funny though because that did piss off someone, Osama Bin Laden, the guy who brought us back into the Middle East.During the first Gulf War, is was feared that Saddam might invade Saudi Arabia, so the US stationed troops there. Osama got really ticked about that because "unholy infidels" were stationed in "sacred Arabic Land" which caused him to launch out an all out terrorist war against the US that culminated with 9/11 and the War in Afghanistan. When the US then invaded Afghanistan, fears were also raised about Iraq and they were invaded too. Moral of the story, one agreeable war can lead to two disagreeable wars and completely f*ck up everything. 8) Syria and Iraq"They do, I've listed many sources"You havent listed a single source, therefore you have shown no evidence that Syria has anything to do with Iraq9) Oil" If Assad was not in power, we could get some of that black gold."Oh, a war for oil, because the American public, the Arab world, and anyone else who thinks we are too interventionist would take that well. An invasion of Syria would not be beneficial to the US economy since Syria cannot actually give us their oil as payment and since we dont get any oil from them in the first place.10) US doesnt intervene based on morality reasonsForfeited by the Pro after I showed that almost every war he listed was fought for non-moral reasonsSo to summarize - 1 - Syrian rebels are not organized like Libya so any intervention would invovle deploying troops and take much tim, effort, and money - 2 - Invading Syria would not be beneficial to our frail economy - 3 - Invading Syria would severely destabilize relations with other Arab countries - 4 - Invading Syria would increase much resentment and anger towards the US and Israel - 5 - It would be hypocritical of the US to invade Syria - 6 - The US does not invade countries on Moral reasons - 7 - The US does not have a history of fighting wars for moral reasons and shouldnt start - 8 - Invading Syria would alienate the US from the UN and its trading partners- 9 - People will just think we're invading another country for its oil- 10 - The invasion does not guarantee the next government will be stable- 11 - Other revolutions have already ended below expectations, Syria would be no different- 12 - Arab nations want intervention over everything but when we do intervene 3 years later they just denounce us for it- 13 - Invading Syria would be much like the Iraq War. I thank the Pro for an interesting debate and the voters for reading"con makes a mistake saying I treat all of our nations veterans harshy just because I did one for having a pity party."I never said that, I only asked voters to see for themselves in the comments section how you are happy to send troops back to the Middle East after just getting back to their wives with you saying to them "Suck it up soldier".... Ill let the voters decide for themselves whether or not you actually value their lives and their service... By the way I dont think that a veteran asking you an honest question is considered a "pity party".....