{"id":1229,"date":"2013-08-27T16:59:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T21:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2013-08-27T17:01:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T22:01:32","slug":"george-packer-two-minds-on-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/george-packer-two-minds-on-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"George Packer: Two Minds on Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Packer captures the agony of thinking about what&#8217;s going on in Syria and what we can\/should do about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aleppo-syria-august-580.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/george-packer-two-minds-on-syria\/aleppo-syria-august-580\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aleppo-syria-august-580.jpeg?fit=580%2C370&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"580,370\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;AP2013&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aleppo-syria-august-580\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aleppo-syria-august-580.jpeg?fit=580%2C370&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1230 alignright\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" alt=\"aleppo-syria-august-580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aleppo-syria-august-580-300x191.jpeg?resize=180%2C115\" width=\"180\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aleppo-syria-august-580.jpeg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aleppo-syria-august-580.jpeg?resize=550%2C350&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aleppo-syria-august-580.jpeg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/comment\/2013\/08\/the-debate-over-intervention-in-syria.html\">TWO MINDS ON SYRIA<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>So it looks like we\u2019re going to bomb Assad.<\/p>\n<p><em>Good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Really? Why good?<\/p>\n<p><em>Did you see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/a-la-une\/article\/2013\/08\/26\/syrie-le-crime-de-trop-appelle-une-riposte_3466412_3208.html\">videos<\/a>\u00a0of those kids? I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/ann-curry-reports\/52832049#52832049\">heard<\/a> that ten thousand people were gassed. Hundreds of them died. This time, we have to do something.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I saw the videos.<\/p>\n<p><em>And you don\u2019t want to pound the shit out of him?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I want to pound the shit out of him.<\/p>\n<p><em>But you think we shouldn\u2019t do anything.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t say that. But I want you to explain what we\u2019re going to achieve by bombing.<\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019re going to let Assad know that chemical weapons are over the line. 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