Just Before the Election Let's Start a New War with Syria

US military has invaded Syria. I just don't know.

Here I was, staying up late on a Sunday to catch the latest episode of Skins and trolling the blogs, when I noticed a post on 538 about Syria.

The last thing I remember hearing about Syria was from the BBC on Saturday afternoon as I drove home from work. They had made an appeal for aid to their country because they were facing a drought. Many children had already died of malnutrition. No one in the UN had responded to their appeal for aid. Not one country.

I thought that that was because no one wanted to piss off the US, who was not a fan of Syria. I was right. The US is so not a fan that today, they began invading the country of Syria, killing 8, including 4 children. Call it a lame October surprise, call it a blip on the screen, but the whole of Syria, with their lack of nuclear power -- unlike Iran -- is an appealing place to attack, based on the fact that they fit the criteria: harboring terrorist, don't have nuclear capabilities and are in a weak position due to the drought.

This is a stupid and lame October surprise.