Posted on 08/27/2013 7:12:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Obama is considering a strike on Syrian military targets involving sea-launched cruise missiles or possibly long-range bombers that would last no more than two days, according to senior administration officials and reported by Karen DeYoung and Anne Gearan of The Washington Post. Reuters reports that the West has told the opposition to expect a strike "within days."
The limited strike would seemingly be a response to allegations that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its own people before dawn on August 21. Hundreds were killed and thousands suffered "neurotoxic symptoms."
The design of the potential attack implies sending a message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad without becoming entrenched in the 29-month conflict.
On Monday U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said: "There is a reason why President Obama has made clear to the Assad regime that this international norm [of chemical weapons use] cannot be violated without consequences."
The Post notes that the targets would not be directly related to Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal and would probably include key government buildings in the capital and perhaps airfields.
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Youtube with Biden warning GW not to start military action against Iran without approval from Congress. If GW did, Biden promised to start impeachment proceedings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRFJ6CF2Mw&feature=player_embedded
One might ask Joe, “Why not now Joe if your Obozoliar bombs Syria?”
Glad you know, come back when you’re living on a few hundred bucks a month.
OH MAN I wonder if Joe Biden is saying jack
PROBABLY NOTTTT
Obama’s “limited strike” reminds me of Boehner’s “limited” approach to Obamacare.
Talk against it to get votes, but take no real actions.....
Business as usual politics in both.
I in the “let Allah take care of it” camp anyway, but that’s the analysis.
Just like Clinton. Obama doesn’t want to talk about his failed presidency so he decides to send some bombs to Syria. Jew hating Carter would rather Israel be bombed. Wouldn’t be surprised if Obama agrees.
The truth is stranger than fiction...
Ted Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.
Elaine Dickinson: When will you be back?
Ted Striker: I can't tell you that. It's classified.
So I guess he is going to publicize the speed, altitude, heading and TOT for our aircraft as well?
That would make as much sense as the rest of this crap.
Why not just make it for a day, call it quits, and then pretend like he did something even though he didn’t?
Now what?
Extreme amounts of revenues have already been spent by the U.S. Government and several allies to do it, so it will be done.
Everything he does is “half-assed”. Well, aside from spying on patriotic citizens of course.
I disagree. If any such action happens it will be a non-event -— by design. Obama knows he can’t do much. He is hemmed in. This is a ploy to make it appear he is doing something. so he lobs a few cruise missiles. Nothing happens except more talk blah blah blah.
“I have still yet to see conclusive and irrefutable proof such attacks have taken place.”
Give the propagandists some time. They’ll cook something up.
I have a different view: Arm both sides and let them kill each other.
I’m no Ron Paul isolationist, but I agree. Just like in the Libyan misadventure, we have absolutely no idea who we’re helping or why.
But whatever. He’s historic, remember ?
It truly is scary that there are people walking among us that have these kinds of thought processes!
obamas plan is to destabilize the entire middle east and cause more militant, jihadi muslim control of these countries.
egypt, libyaand syria weren’t unhappy enough with their current leaders so event shad to be made to happen to get these people outof the way for more extremist islamonuts to takeover, and for obama to start arming and funding.
which is exactly what he’s doing.
if obama isn’t the antichrist, he’s his right hand man.
il dukie
You make very good points. Sound lessons from history.
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