Geez! Suppose someone accidentally, on-purpose lobbed one at Assad?
That's tough to forecast.
ISIS would rejoice, even if they sustained losses in the attack (Assad's loss is ISIS's gain).
Vlad would condemn the stupidity of the move, and he would be right.
In any case, these gadgets are not simply launched. They have to be attached to F-16s (stored alongside), and the F-16 pilots then carry out the mission, ill-advised or not.
“Geez! Suppose someone accidentally, on-purpose lobbed one at Assad?”
The reason we, meaning Obama and Valery Jarrett, are against Assad is that he is a secular leader. Anything that replaces him will be a version of the Ayatollah in Iran. (The Iranians are backing Assad because he allows their version of Shea Islam to expand while halting any Alawite (Assad’s religion) from expanding. Assad has made a deal with the devil...more than one devil.)
The absolute worst thing that can happen to Syria is that Assad falls. The Christians and the Alawites will be slaughtered. Only Sunni extremists will remain. Literally. Everybody who is the wrong flavor, and probably quite a few Sunni’s will be massacred.