So, Syria. Seriously.
We are ready to attack Syria because of the alleged use of chemical weapons by the dictatorial regime there against the Syrian population. U.S. Navy ships armed with cruise missiles are in position, and I assume armed ground forces cannot be far behind.
Now, if the Syrian regime did use chemical weapons, it made a tactical error. Had it continued its slaughter of the Syrian people with traditional bombs and bullets, wouldn't have bothered us a bit. There is, after all, a right way and a wrong way to slaughter. Chemical weapons don't cause physical pain. Take a breath or two of it, lie down under the shade of an apple tree, and die. That's a no-no, the human species has evolved too far for that. Beheadings, they're ok. 357 magnums to the head, they're fine. Hangings are good. Machine guns ratatatatat are great. But gas? Come on. This is 2013, for heaven's sake.
I have written before that we humans should remember we are part of the beautiful animal kingdom. That is an insult to the animals. No animal, except maybe the piranha, kill as wantonly as we do.
We have evolved from friendly, cooperative, altruistic, chimpanzees into killer piranha.
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