“This is going to be WWIII I bet.”
Looks like Russia is taking it “personally” — do we really want to go to war with Russia for no good reason?!
Russia cancels Syria lobbying mission to D.C.; More Russian war ships reportedly head for Mediterranean
“The RIA-Novosti agency said two ships from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the frigate Smetlivyi and the landing ship Nicholai Filchenkov, an electronic surveillance vessel, were ready to head to the region, according to a high-ranking source in the defense ministry. Russian news agencies said at the end of August that the navy was dispatching an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Mediterranean.
Russia has a military base on Syria’s west coast at Tartus, and has been slowly increasing its naval presence in the region, along with the U.S., in recent weeks. “
Would Obama open a Pandora’s box with a Syrian strike?
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Would+Obama+open+Pandora+with+Syrian+strike/8879925/story.html
“What is the risk that terrorists could obtain Syria’s chemical weapons?
A: It’s pretty high should the regime collapse and Syria dissolve into political and social chaos. Jeffrey White, a defence analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said in an interview that the weapons are secured in special chemical weapons storage facilities. There is always the danger, however, that rebel forces could overrun them. In this case, the enduring threat against the U.S. and its allies comes more from rebel actions than from the regime of Bashar Assad.”