Syria

Congress is debating right now on whether we should bomb Syria. First, we do not know for sure that Assad gassed the people with sarin gas. It might be the rebels. Second, if we weaken the Assad regime sufficiently, so it is overthrown, like what happened in Egypt, then Al Qaeda or Muslim Brotherhood style, radical theocracies may be installed. What will they do to the Christians, Shia and secular minorities in Syria, let alone to Israel next door? We dare not find out. I recommend that we do nothing for now but seek to gather up and get rid of the weapons of mass destruction in the country. If further proof shows who did the gassing, let them be war criminals to be tried by United Nations. I always like Bush's democracy project for other countries. But Mark Levin points out where no civil society exists, regime change based on radical majorities selecting their tyrannical prime ministers in a free election is not democracy. The rights of minorities must always be protected from the majority, or the country is not a democracy. I hate to back secular dictators over those seeking Islamic democracies, but supporting the lesser of two evils is all we can resort to in Syria for now. We must not bomb Assad or seek to overthrow him.