This blog isn’t intended for political discourse, but as a foreigner living in China I am often asked about current affairs, Obama, and all the rest.  I usually gauge my audience before commenting.  It isn’t easy to tell “the whole truth and nothing but the truth” to a foreign audience when you know that you are the only representative of your country that they will probably ever meet.

So when I am asked about attacking Syria, I have to pause.  I wonder how I really feel.  I checked the internet at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2e0b6b6-155b-11e3-950a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2eCWSPd54 and http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/world/middleeast/a-weapon-seen-as-too-horrible-even-in-war.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130907&_r=0 to try to gain perspective.

After considering all the evidence, I really don’t know what I feel like.  If Obama can solve the problem with an attack, I’m for it. If he can’t, or he doesn’t know, or he’s just trying to prove his manhood after an administration of five years of weenieism, I’m against it.

In short, I don’t know, but for me, if I were President, before I attacked another country I would have to be pretty sure of the consequences.