Is Boehner Man Enough to lead on this?
On a purely military note: With operational security blown, with the element of surprise gone, with high visibility naval units in restricted waters, even the Syrians could cost us a ship. The Brits realize this as a lesson from the Falklands, where they lost naval units to very inferior forces.
The Russian-made anti-ship missiles will be hit first, and maybe that’s all that will be hit. At first, anyway. The US involvement in Libya involved air raids, but Libya’s a whole lot of nothing and all spread out, mostly close to the Med. The populated area of Syria wraps around Lebanon, follows the Med north, then follows the river eastward.
Zero tried to get Congress to rise to the bait. No one bit. He’s now got to act, or to back down and look like the big-talking jackass that is all that he is. All his sponsors who have handed him everything throughout his life are either no longer alive or not returning his calls. He’s alone now.
The longer he waits to act, the more public opinion will turn against him.
I very much doubt that his agenda in Congress and in the state legislatures controlled by the Demagogic Party will be allowed to stall or lapse, though.