[Alberta's Child]

I said the same thing a year ago on a thread that attracted all kinds of criticism, but in the days afterward it became clear that it was all just for show and was designed to be an ineffective strike.

I predict that any target of a U.S. military strike in Syria will meet one of the following conditions:

1. It will be symbolic at best, and will be reconstructed within a week.

2. It will be a useless building that nobody wants anyway -- making it Phase 1 (demolition) of an urban renewal project.

[huldah1776]

might as well do it over a desert instead of where Russia is moving unmarked tanks into the Ukraine sparking attention into altercations in Europe.

“Why is Russia transferring armored vehicles with wiped out board numbers to the boarder?”

FR thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3646272/posts

[MarMema]

There is enough equipment from enough countries piling up to make you think they will just flatten the entire country.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Let me predict too!

I predict a strike will focus on eliminating at least half of Assad’s aircraft and will include any Iranian assets in the country.

[Paulie]

Re: post 23

If your instincts are correct, or nearly so, then is all this hand wringing about possible escalation for naught?

It would seem so.