The Fog of Crisis

The term Fog of War has come to refer to the lack of certainty in military operations. If you stop and look at it, not only wars but other kinds of crises can also produce a "fog" of uncertainty and ambiguity. The war in Syria is an example. Allegations that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons have been flying around the media and have been accepted as fact by Sec. of State John Kerry. These allegations have not been conclusively proven, however, but nvertheless the Obama administration is now been pushed to take military action against the Assad regime.

Such action would accomplish nothing. The US could drop bombs or fire missiles at Syria and that would not solve anything. Syria's problems are for the Syrians themselves to resolve. Syria isn't ours to fix anymore than was China, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.