U.S. Likely To Become Entangled In Syria’s War Regardless Of Who Wins On Tuesday

US Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (l.) speaks as President Barack Obama listens during the final US presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida October 22. Rick Wilking/Reuters

No Matter Who Wins Tuesday’s Election, U.S. Likely To Become Entangled In Syria’s War -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — Despite Americans’ exhaustion with 11 years of foreign conflict, the victor in Tuesday’s presidential race may find it all but impossible to keep the United States from becoming more deeply entangled in the unfolding calamity of Syria’s sectarian civil war.

Pressure for Washington to play a greater role comes from a variety of factors: soaring casualty tolls, hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding into neighboring countries, wholesale destruction of Syria’s infrastructure, the growing presence of al Qaida-linked fighters, fears that violence will spill over into adjacent nations, and the danger that the Assad regime will collapse, leaving Syria’s chemical weapons open to theft.

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My Comment: We are already involved in Syria's civil war .... the question that will be answered after Tuesday's election is on how deep of an involvement are we going to be in. Under an Obama administration it will probably be more of the same, using our allies as 'front men' to assist the rebels, and supplying only the bare essentials. A Romney administration will be more active .... probably arming the rebels directly with heavy weapons and providing more support on the diplomatic level. Either way .... Syria's civil war is going to get worse .... and we are going to be on the sidelines hoping that it does not spill into other countries.