My son is in the Marine Corps serving on the Syria/Iraq border. His platoon is mortared daily from Syria. Unfortunately the Syrian government claims no knowledge of who might be responsible. This has been going on for months.
"My son is in the Marine Corps serving on the Syria/Iraq border. His platoon is mortared daily from Syria. Unfortunately the Syrian government claims no knowledge of who might be responsible. This has been going on for months."
I am surprised in one way that Syria has not responded. You would think at this point they would have the exact coordinates using the new radar they have that tracks incoming mortar rounds etc., and would have sent DragonEye or larger spy planes to take videos of where the firing points are. Then told the Syrians they have a couple days to observe then clean out the rats or a gunship or apache would have to go in and to the job. That is, send the ship in when the incoming starts, be there in about five minutes or so, and zero in on who is firing the stuff.
If one of our Marines gets KIA, or WIA from north of the boarder, then clearly with the foreknowldege of what has been going on, the Syrians must be held accountable. If they cannot get the job done, then you would think the Marines would ask the State Department to demand that our boys be permitted to quickly go in and finish the shit heads off.
Then if it happens again. Syria must be held accountable as perpetuating the mortar attacks, since their army does not resolve the problem.
This shit has got to stop. Bashar is putting himself in a deep hole the longer he waits to just give in and start stopping the incoming insurgents from infiltrating in to.
He like all Arab leaders love to play games. So it is time we play some games with them. Shit just go across the boarder to where the incoming is originating and do a little bit of "GET SOME". Then see if Basher wakes the hell up.
I'm sure we don't where that counter battery fire is coming from either....officially that is.
I hope they mortar Syria back?