Happily Oblivious: US Bombs Syria & Pakistan

"Military adventures overseas can escalate into full scale wars, which are costly in both money and lives. These interventions also have a negative impact on how the United States and US citizens are viewed by the rest of the world.

A US official is confirming reports that US forces launched a raid inside Syria on Sunday, which supposedly targeted an Al-Qaeda member. Syrian sources claim that civilians were killed in the raid. Some people may feel that such an action was justified because the Syrian government may not have been cooperative had the US sought permission to apprehend this alleged terrorist. The fact remains that the US congress has not declared war on Syria, and the US did not have permission to invade Syrian territory. When a foreign power sends troops into a sovereign nation without permission, it amounts to an act of war without a declaration of war. That violates long standing international law." (Emphasis Mine.)