Posted on 09/04/2013 11:15:12 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
For more than two years, impassioned advocates have called for U.S. military intervention in Syria in order to advance a peace settlement. Now, in the wake of last week's horrific chemical weapons attack in a suburb of Damascus, military intervention finally looks imminent. But what of the prospects for peace?
At the moment, views are split within and outside the Obama administration over whether the United States should strike Bashar al-Assad merely to punish him for using chemical weapons -- reasserting U.S. regional credibility in the process -- or take sustained action to degrade the regime's capacity to wage war and move the parties toward a peace deal. This is a false choice. No matter the intensity or duration of the strike package, U.S. missiles are likely to open the best window yet to catalyze negotiations, something the United States and Russia have failed to do in a series of abortive attempts to hold a peace conference in Geneva. It is therefore critical that the administration seize this fleeting opportunity to hasten the end of the war as it formulates its military plans.
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What happens when a rocket hits one of the US destroyers and it rolls over and sinks? All on National TV. Remember—this will be (without a UN OK—an act of war—we will be in effect at war with Syria and her allies) Syria will be within her rights to counter attack the USA—maybe with Gas—or just hand them over to the Terrorists for free—to use on US! Wild card is Russia—they could take out our ships in a limited naval war as part of their treaty to defend Syria—they would be in their legal rights. OR worse....
Why is it OK to kill women and children with Cruise Missiles, but not Sarin Gas ?\
Dead is dead, is this not true ?
cruise missiles are the “moral” way to slaughter people
Let guess.. another round of golf?
What next? Reap the whirlwind.
No one has considered that Syria’s Air Defense systems were supplied by Russia, and probably manned by Russians. What will happen when we start killing Russians??
Not enough questions at the hearing ...regarding as to just what is the composition of the opposition/
Thanks Ernest.
thread, article, and post 10
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