 should we be the world s policeman  eleven year ago a previous president had ldquo undeniable evidence rdquo that iraq had weapons of mass destruction resulting in a prolonged war costing us dearly fast forward to 2013 and we find president obama going down that same path he boldly declared that the use of chemical weapons in syria would constitute a ldquo red line rdquo and warned assad that such actions would not go unchecked it had appeared last week that obama had put all of the elements in place to send in the missiles and save the day for some reason now he is feels he needs to seek authorization from congress because the ldquo coalition of the willing rdquo he thought he would get support from has not materialized so as we sit back and watch as congress and the president debate the issue we hope they realize where we have been in the past korea viet nam iraq and afghanistan and what the results of those conflicts were and hope they ask themselves 1 are we sure that assad gassed the civilians or did the rebels do it themselves 2 what will be the consequences of our involvement by taking sides 3 what will be the result of the regime change and who will fill that void 4 how will it impact the power balance in the region who will fill syria rsquo s void iran 5 how will it impact the global economy 6 will we truly not put ldquo boots on the ground rdquo 7 isn rsquo t this a un responsibility and if so why are we taking the lead 8 why aren rsquo t the arab muslim nations in the region taking the lead 9 how long can we continue to be the world policeman is it too late to brush the line out of the sand probably not i think sarah palin rsquo s had the answer in an earlier statement she made   ldquo let allah take care of it rdquo  