Not the same situation at all. Syria hasn't attacked it's neighbor. There is no UN coalition. We're not enforcing UN resolutions. There is no Congressional authorization for the use of force.
It's the same and worse. Iraq attacked no one in the run up to war. 1991? Hardly imminent. Bush violated UN requests to not attack Iraq. Blix was finding no weapons so naturally the president saw a threat requiring death from above. Congressional Authorization is quaint under the Bush Doctrine of Preemption."Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom -- the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time -- now depends on us. Our nation -- this generation -- will lift a dark threat
"We will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."
Bush's speech also outlines a vision for a strong American leadership in the world, a leadership that would project America's power and influence:
of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail."
"North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens. ...
"Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror....
"Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. ...
"States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.
"We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons."
How do you read the president's words and totally miss the point that a state sponsor of terrorism, like Syria, is a threat to the US by its very existence and operation? No, there has to be another reason why you don't support military action.
Would you mind being a smidgen biit more truthful with your reasoning and values?