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U.S. military officers have deep doubts about impact, wisdom of a U.S. strike on Syria
The Washington Post ^ | August 29 | Ernesto LondoƱo

Posted on 08/30/2013 6:25:28 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose

“There’s a broad naivete in the political class about America’s obligations in foreign policy issues, and scary simplicity about the effects that employing American military power can achieve,” said retired Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Newbold, who served as director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the run-up to the Iraq war, noting that many of his contemporaries are alarmed by the plan.

New cycle of attacks?

Marine Lt. Col. Gordon Miller, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, warned this week of “potentially devastating consequences, including a fresh round of chemical weapons attacks and a military response by Israel.”

“If President [Bashar al-Assad] were to absorb the strikes and use chemical weapons again, this would be a significant blow to the United States’ credibility and it would be compelled to escalate the assault on Syria to achieve the original objectives,” Miller wrote in a commentary for the think tank.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doubts; military; syria
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The reality's of the military, you have to think past your 1st action.
1 posted on 08/30/2013 6:25:28 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose
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To: foundedonpurpose

I doubt they have “doubts.” I suspect they are pretty solidly sure that this is bad news.


2 posted on 08/30/2013 6:28:01 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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To: foundedonpurpose

3 posted on 08/30/2013 6:29:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: foundedonpurpose
“If President [Bashar al-Assad] were to absorb the strikes and use chemical weapons again, this would be a significant blow to the United States’ credibility and it would be compelled to escalate the assault on Syria to achieve the original objectives,”

What if the rebel terrorists launched the chemical weapons. It would seem to be in their interests to launch them again and again so Obama can pummel as-Assad.

4 posted on 08/30/2013 6:35:04 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: foundedonpurpose

I want to know why he isn’t launching military strikes against Chicago.


5 posted on 08/30/2013 6:35:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: foundedonpurpose
U.S. military officers have deep doubts about impact, wisdom of a U.S. strike on Syria

Too late now.

6 posted on 08/30/2013 6:36:55 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: foundedonpurpose

sometimes you get Lawrence of Arabia.
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sometimes you get Barack of the Choom Gang.


7 posted on 08/30/2013 6:39:03 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: foundedonpurpose
And if the president violates the Constitution and unilaterally declares war, will the military knowingly follow illegal orders?

Nuremberg...

8 posted on 08/30/2013 6:39:27 PM PDT by null and void (Bush: Cowboy Diplomacy. Obama: Rodeo Clown Diplomacy.)
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9 posted on 08/30/2013 6:39:43 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: foundedonpurpose

Stay out of it unless the intention is to wipe Assad out. Pin pricks won’t do anything. Let them kill each other.


10 posted on 08/30/2013 6:40:02 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: foundedonpurpose

Obama gets more and more like Adolf Hitler every day!!! The German high command knew Hitler was crazy from 1941 on. They were against the battle of Britain....and, even more so against the invasion of Russia!!! From 1933 forward there were 60 attempts at taking Hitler’s life, the overwhelming majority being launched from mid to high level military officers!!! Even the great General Erwin Rummel knew the war was lost at the beginning of 1944!!! Difference between Hitler and Obama, with the same result is, Hitler was a maniac and Obama is an ego driven fool!!! The American high command, the ones that have to go and fight feeel the exact same way about Obama as the German military felt about Adolf Hitler!! Go figure!!! The whole world is laughing at the USA and believes Obama is a failed USA POTUS!!! He is!!!


11 posted on 08/30/2013 6:44:16 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: musicman
Obama could be the first person with a Nobel Peace Prize and a War Crimes Conviction.
12 posted on 08/30/2013 6:50:13 PM PDT by null and void (Bush: Cowboy Diplomacy. Obama: Rodeo Clown Diplomacy.)
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To: Logical me

Assad protects the Christian communities that are still around from the days of the Disciples, The rebels will wipe them off the face of the map.


13 posted on 08/30/2013 6:53:27 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (It's time for a fundamental restoration, of our country's principles!)
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To: null and void

14 posted on 08/30/2013 6:57:01 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: foundedonpurpose

What we will gain by bombing Syria follows:

1.
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Hmmm, pretty much nothing huh.


15 posted on 08/30/2013 6:57:57 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: foundedonpurpose

The vindictive Democrats will react with deep thoughts about cutting defense spending.


16 posted on 08/30/2013 6:58:38 PM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt.), Army National Guard, '89-'96)
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To: null and void

Bush: Cowboy Diplomacy. Obama: Ass Hat Clown Diplomacy.

:^)


17 posted on 08/30/2013 6:59:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: foundedonpurpose

Survival against a better-armed opponent is deemed a victory in that culture. So, when Assad re-emerges after Obama throws his temper tantrum.... what happens then?

Therein lies the problem for unqualified blobs like Obama. All he knows is to agitate. Thoughtful, analytical leadership is as lost upon this gaggle as the inner workings of a wristwatch are to an aardvark.


18 posted on 08/30/2013 7:02:22 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

>>>Even the great General Erwin Rummel knew the war was lost at the beginning of 1944!!!<<<

A careful analysis of Goebbels ‘Total Crieg’ speech shows they all knew it as early as February 1943.
As for a smart Germans they knew the war was lost by 1941 Christmas.


19 posted on 08/30/2013 7:06:40 PM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: foundedonpurpose
They have "deep doubts?" Are there any of them with the stones to speak up? Their careers would of course be ended, but they'd have their integrity, their Honor and the thanks of future generations of free Americans. That's a damn sight more than the tools occupying the corridors of the Pentagon have now or will leave as a legacy.



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20 posted on 08/30/2013 7:16:04 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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