[Posts labeled as 'most important' at the end of their title are for class credit in the Political Science Department at Cleveland State University, and a class taught by Dr. Justin S. Vaughn.

Dempsey declaration of possible force in Syria most important

The most important political event of the last week was chairman of the joint chief's of staff General Martin Demsey's declaration that if force is needed in Syria, the U.S. is ready.

Reported yesterday, here by the Guardian, Dempsey was quoted as saying to FOX News the U.S. would act militarily in Syria "if it was asked to do so."

This is significant in the U.S. because American citizens continue to lose when it comes to these small military situations.

The Syrian problem is being likened to the Libya situation, in which the U.S. eventually was part of a coalition to support rebel's with the firepower needed to take down it's leader Moammar Ghaddafi. The result of that I liken to 20 years ago when U.S. led a similar effort with Afghan citizens who became the Taliban, in their fight to push Russia out of the poppy fields.