I posted the following on "Contact Us" at http://www.whitehouse.gov.
Before you were born, the Department of War became the Department of Defense. Unfortunately, several times since the Department of Defense has become the Department of Offense with disastrous results for troops, our citizens, the economy, and other countries' views towards us.
If we are truly to have a Department of Defense, what is the threat that dictators like Assad pose towards the U.S.? Is he going to invade us? If we invade Syria you can rest assured that action will breed terrorists who will invade us.
If Assad is a threat to the region, don't Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait have enough U.S. equipment to take on Assad?
If the U.S. sticks its nose into Syria, it will only give these countries cover to not take action themselves, leaving us as the fall guy when things go badly.
