“However, I think once you start targeting cities with ballistic missiles, all bets are off”
However, recall that even Saddam got away with this back in 91’
Yeah, but the circumstances were quite different. In that case, there were a handful of relatively inaccurate missiles. Also, the US was trying to hold together a fragile coalition and was pressuring Israel not to respond While that could happen again, I don’t see Bush making that request for the likes of Assad.