{"id":2699,"date":"2013-09-05T22:44:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T22:44:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-09-05T22:44:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T22:44:05","slug":"dont-bomb-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2013\/09\/05\/dont-bomb-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Bomb Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/franklycurious.com\/media\/1\/20130906-syrianrefugees.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"303\" alt=\"Syrian Refugees\" title=\"Syrian Refugees\" \/><\/div>\n<p><i>Senator Boxer \/ Senator Feinstein \/ Representative Thompson:<\/p>\n<p>This one is pretty simple. It is a tragedy. But it doesn&#8217;t seem like our government has tried very hard to get a negotiated settlement to the civil war. Now would be a good time for us to work with Russia on this. I very much want to see that.<\/p>\n<p>But even if that fails, I think that an attack on Syria will be bad. It won&#8217;t help them and it will likely only make us look worse in the region and worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>\nFrank Moraes<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Short and sweet. It doesn&#8217;t take much.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find\/\">Find Your United States Representative<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/general\/contact_information\/senators_cfm.cfm\">Find Your United States Senators<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Boxer \/ Senator Feinstein \/ Representative Thompson: This one is pretty simple. It is a tragedy. But it doesn&#8217;t seem like our government has tried very hard to get a negotiated settlement to the civil war. 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