'We have no clear mission in Syria,' she wrote on Facebook. Palin: 'Let Allah sort it out'

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is condemning potential American military action in Syria, charging it would be President Obama “saving political face” and saying, “Let Allah sort it out.”

“So we’re bombing Syria because Syria is bombing Syria? And I’m the idiot?” Palin wrote in a Facebook message to her followers on Friday, before the president said Saturday that he would seek Congressional approval.


“Bottom line is that this is about President Obama saving political face because of his ‘red line’ promise regarding chemical weapons,” she added.

At the top of the Facebook post, Palin wrote: “LET ALLAH SORT IT OUT.”

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Palin criticized Obama’s plan to bomb Syria in response to chemical weapons attacks, questioning whether a U.S. bombing would help civilians in the war-torn country.

“President Obama wants to do what, exactly? Punish evil acts in the form of a telegraphed air strike on Syria to serve as a deterrent? If our invasion of Iraq wasn’t enough of a deterrent to stop evil men from using chemical weapons on their own people, why do we think this will be?” Palin wrote.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate was also critical of the suggestion that military action in Syria is necessary for U.S. national security.

“We have no clear mission in Syria,” she wrote. “There’s no explanation of what vital American interests are at stake there today amidst yet another centuries-old internal struggle between violent radical Islamists and a murderous dictatorial regime, and we have no business getting involved anywhere without one.”

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Obama announced in a Saturday address at the White House that the Unites States is prepared to and “should” take action in Syria in response to the regime’s use of chemical weapons, though he said he will seek Congressional approval for any action.