I happen to agree. This is not the Libyan excuse for an air force that we were up against before. The Libyans were still using some of the crap left over from World War II and had airfields that experience blackouts at night.
Syria’s air force is more advanced, financed by Russia, and could potentially sink our ships.
I don’t believe the Syrian AF is anywhere near as well trained as ours. I recall the Israelis kicking the crap out of them in the ‘80’s. Plus our EW, ECM and ECCM are far superior to Syria’s.
The big question is: Will obama let our forces do the job properly?