David CookDo not bomb Syria. Do not send weapons to Syria. Do not interfere with Syria.
Most of all, do not go to war with Syria.
“It is not the U.S’s war,” said Dr. Samir Rahbe. “Why do we interfere in every single thing that is none of our business?”
Over cups of coffee, with his daughter Samira sitting to his left, Dr. Rahbe — Syrian by birth, Chattanoogan by choice — spoke about the largest geopolitical crisis in the world today, the contradictions of American foreign policy and how the devil you know is better than the one you don’t.
“I don’t like Assad, but I am faced with two evils,” Rahbe said.