Posted on 10/13/2016 9:21:26 AM PDT by keat
U.S. President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers are expected to meet on Friday to consider their military and other options in Syria as Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel Aleppo and other targets, U.S. officials said.
Some top officials argue the United States must act more forcefully in Syria or risk losing what influence it still has over moderate rebels and its Arab, Kurdish and Turkish allies in the fight against Islamic State, the officials told Reuters.
One set of options includes direct U.S. military action such as air strikes on Syrian military bases, munitions depots or radar and anti-aircraft bases, said one official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
This official said one danger of such action is that Russian and Syrian forces are often co-mingled, raising the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia that Obama has been at pains to avoid.
U.S. officials said they consider it unlikely that Obama will order U.S. air strikes on Syrian government targets, and they stressed that he may not make any decisions at the planned meeting of his National Security Council.
One alternative, U.S. officials said, is allowing allies to provide U.S.-vetted rebels with more sophisticated weapons, although not shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, which Washington fears could be used against Western airliners.
The White House declined to comment.
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1) no boots on the ground
2) Have diplomats meet
3) encourage the UN to decry this
Obama wants a hot war with Russia? Well, we should do well, since Obama is the greatest military strategist the world has ever seen, and the good men and women in the military are so fired up about their great leader... he’s turned them into a cohesive, extremely motivated fighting unit!
Obama wants a hot war with Russia? Well, we should do well, since Obama is the greatest military strategist the world has ever seen, and the good men and women in the military are so fired up about their great leader... he’s turned them into a cohesive, extremely motivated fighting unit!
Its our “allies” who are committing genocide against middle east Christians. Whatever we hoped to accomplish there, the day we allowed it and looked away it was done. No American could back this policy. We have created a monstrosity of a strategy that has us on the side of genocidal monsters and the Russians defending Christendom. How do you screw things up that badly?
We switched sides in the “war on terror” and the press has failed to notice it. It puts our soldiers in an untenable position.
We are backing Iran and attacking Iran’s number one ally. We are backing one of Russia’s allies and fighting against another of her allies. Its incoherent. It makes no strategic sense at all. Whatever strategic sense it could have made was thrown away a long time ago.
Oh good grief. Obama ain’t doing nuttin! He has no clothes.
As much as Obambi has reduced our military, we still have enough where the Russians won't f*ck with us, unless some dumbass democrat wants a new war.
As a Sailor dodging Soviet warships, I know better than most that Putin will not attack us, unless we do something stupid like initiating a "no-fly zone". F*ck Syria.
Our continued support of Israel is the only involvement we should have in that backward 6th century shitty region.
Funny... I wonder how much this limp-wristed pansy’s “option” will weigh?
What balls? He has spent his entire presidency apologizing to the World. He is the epitome of a "balless wonder". Any balls he ever had are either in his golf bag or Michelle's pocket.
Hmmmmm.....
Nuclear strike on NYC and New York is red.
Nuclear strike on SF and LA and California is red.
Nuclear strike on Seattle and Washington is red.
Nuclear strike on Portland and Oregon is red.
Nuclear strike on Chicago and Illinois is red.
Hmmmmmm.....
Democrats better take a political look at what they are doing.
Well, he could put it next to Hillary's Red Reset button. That worked out so well. /s
They just might be.
Scary.
It wasn't so much a red line as a yellow streak or a brown skid mark.
Well, he does have to make up for Egypt throwing out his Muslim Brotherhood buddies. Bet that one torqued his ass.
Stopped reading right there
In the parking lot, adjacent to the 18th green.
the Egyptian people (amazingly, imho) rose up and threw out Obama’s Muslim Brotherhood terrrorist pals (that he bgasically and illegally installed to rule them)
the Israelis somehow woke up and re-elected Bibi (who many of them are just tired of, truth be told he’s been in office quite awhile already)......refusing to elect a suicide-squad government like Obama wanted (he was illegally sending secret agents and lots of $$ to Jerusalem trying to undermine their govt queering their election)
Obama DID succeed in illegally bombing, subverting, and eventually overthowing the Libyan govt and now IslamoNazi elements much closer to his own liking are in charge of much or most of that country, too, so Obama and his IslamoNazi Expansion Program ... are not total failures
I saw how their communes didn't work in the 60's and didn't like their ideology that was counter to individual success. Same old story of the producers doing the work while others believed they should share in the same fruits of that work.
Now, I've come to simply hate all those who embrace such society killing ideals such as socialism and communism. Yes, I said hate. Sue me AG Lynch.
"Socialism works until you run out of other peoples' money." Margaret Thatcher.
I’d wager:
-DC
-NY
-Boston
-Chicago
-Seattle
-SF
-LA
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