Question of the Day

Q:        What do the following counties have in common?  (See answer at the bottom.)

	Hungary	9,933,173
	Sweden	9,631,261
	Azerbaijan	9,514,887
	Serbia	9,468,378
	United Arab Emirates	9,445,624
	Belarus	9,307,609
	Austria	8,526,429
	Tajikistan	8,408,947
	Honduras	8,260,749
	Switzerland	8,157,896
	Israel	7,822,107
	Jordan	7,504,812

Time is Not on Our Side in Syria

On October 16th, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece written by United States Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham entitled, “To Defeat Islamic State, Remove Assad.” The by-line reads, “Syrians are already asking why we’re bombing ISIS but not stopping Assad’s attacks on them.” (See full article here.) 

This is the most critical question relating to the situation in Syria today - Will the United States, at a minimum, allow ally countries to enforce a No Fly Zone over the regions of Syria enduring the Assad regime’s daily bombings of civilians? After watching the slow death of a nation through the killing of 220,000 civilians with 12,000 of these being children, the displacement externally and internally of an estimated 12 million refugees and the destruction of entire cities by regime forces, the Syrian people have a right to know our answer to this question before they pledge to be our “boots on the ground” fighting ISIS.