World Begs U.S. To Use Military Force in Syria So They Can Bitch About It Later

PO1 John Miller — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 08:52:13 -0400

NEW YORK — World leaders met at the United Nations today to beg the United States to use military force to stem the ever-growing humanitarian disaster in Syria, knowing full well they will then turn around and blame the US shortly thereafter.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said, “We call upon the world’s greatest nation — the United States — to help bring peace to this terrible civil war, because, fuck it, none of us want to.”

“And the best part is, when this whole thing goes to hell in a handbasket — which, quite frankly, happens almost every time you intervene in a multi-sided civil war in a God-forsaken third-world country — none of us are responsible for it!” Ki-Moon added.

The “Blame America First” policy is a time-honored tradition in international relations, dating back to the outrage over the US Air Force’s targeted bombing campaign against the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, followed by consternation over America’s idleness while the same Khmer Rouge murdered millions of their own countrymen.

“It’s pretty shameful, but hey, it got me a Pulitzer prize,” said Sydney Schanberg, whose two-faced coverage of the war in Cambodia in the New York Times inspired the Oscar-winning film, The Killing Fields.

“Amateurs tend to blame America first and then they’re done with it,” said anti-war MIT Professor Noam Chomsky. “Just this past week, Vox’s Amanda Taub blamed the U.S. for the entire Syrian Civil War instead of blaming, well, the Syrians themselves.”

“But that’s the type of ‘Blame America First’ coverage that gets you a few thousand clicks at best,” Chomsky continued. “If you really want Oscars, Pulitzers, and charity donations, you have to sucker the US into intervening, then blame America!”

“Just look at Somalia: Send the U.S. military to help deal with a famine, then, boom! A firefight, a downed Black Hawk helicopter, and before you know it, a blockbuster movie from Michael Bay!” he concluded.

Schanberg pointed to the fact the “Blame America First” strategy hasn’t always mired America in pointless tribal conflicts.

“We thought we had a real winner with the whole ‘Stop Kony’ campaign, and even the whole ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ thing. But the US just responded with a whole bunch of Twitter hashtags,” Schanberg said.

“Which just goes to show you, for Obama, black lives just don’t matter, I guess.”

British Labour Party candidate Jeremy Corbyn had already prepared a statement denouncing U.S. actions should it, indeed, be suckered into sending military forces to resolve the Syrian refugee crisis.

“The U.S. has flagrantly placed its flag all throughout the world: invading Iraq, Afghanistan,” Corbyn said. “Just who do they think they are? Us?”

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World Begs U.S. For Military Force In Syria To Bitch About It

Somebody's got to do it. As long as it's not any other country.

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Sep 19 at 2015 8:52 AM

SSgt Alex Robinson — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 08:52:49 -0400

Sadly this is probably true

Response by SGT Roberto Mendoza-Diaz made Sep 19 at 2015 8:58 AM

SGT Roberto Mendoza-Diaz — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 08:58:01 -0400

Obama love thugs, criminals, traitors and of course clock makers. Law abiding citizens can go to hell in his book.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 19 at 2015 11:05 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:05:33 -0400

Ironically, I can actually see this truly happening. The world wants us to be the one to step up first with out stick in hand, but yell at us when we swing the stick.

Response by SGT Christopher Churilla made Sep 19 at 2015 12:06 PM

SGT Christopher Churilla — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:06:56 -0400

Response by Sgt Kelli Mays made Sep 19 at 2015 1:35 PM

Sgt Kelli Mays — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:35:57 -0400

Exactly! Bitch about it later and show no thanks and or gratitude until the next time they need help. Funny how it always seems to work out this way.

Response by SGT Scott Bell made Sep 19 at 2015 2:28 PM

SGT Scott Bell — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:28:06 -0400

I believe we are together on this subject

Response by SSgt Ann Kovarik made Aug 30 at 2022 5:43 PM

SSgt Ann Kovarik — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:43:11 -0400

America needs to protect AMERICA, feed AMERICANS, house the HOMELESS VETERANS! Stop all this money going everywhere but to an AMERICAN who fought for our FREEDOM OF THE USA!