Posted on 10/13/2016 9:21:26 AM PDT by keat
U.S. President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers are expected to meet on Friday to consider their military and other options in Syria as Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel Aleppo and other targets, U.S. officials said.
Some top officials argue the United States must act more forcefully in Syria or risk losing what influence it still has over moderate rebels and its Arab, Kurdish and Turkish allies in the fight against Islamic State, the officials told Reuters.
One set of options includes direct U.S. military action such as air strikes on Syrian military bases, munitions depots or radar and anti-aircraft bases, said one official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
This official said one danger of such action is that Russian and Syrian forces are often co-mingled, raising the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia that Obama has been at pains to avoid.
U.S. officials said they consider it unlikely that Obama will order U.S. air strikes on Syrian government targets, and they stressed that he may not make any decisions at the planned meeting of his National Security Council.
One alternative, U.S. officials said, is allowing allies to provide U.S.-vetted rebels with more sophisticated weapons, although not shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, which Washington fears could be used against Western airliners.
The White House declined to comment.
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These bastards all have bunkers to hide in...we’re merely just SOL.
Don't forget Hellary as Secretary of State had a large say in the continuation of the all so wonderful "Arab Spring".
Plus, the Libya campaign was one of the biggest failings of our Republican Congress who didn't declare war and let Obama do his thing. Any wonder why Congress has the lowest approval ratings ever, and Boehner was replaced? Only to have another suck-up to Obama to fill cry-baby's shoes?
They want to start WW 3 to distract us.
I love it when lame duck Presidents get us into wars!
Exclusive: Obama, aides expected to weigh Syria military options on Friday
Which one is bringing the sandbox so Our “hero” can draw another line in the sand. What a bunch of limp ones.
yup.
The GOP-E congress is less useful than the proverbial teats on a boar
New York
Washington DC
Chicago
Dallas/Austin
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
The useless liberal/socialists clowns will never know what hits them. Those who survive will ask...
"Why? Why did this happen here when we so love humanity, the animals, the trees, and tried so hard to stop the destruction of the World from man-made Global Warming? We tried so hard to give love to the World though the United Nations. Why would this happen?"
Of course us realist survivors would know why: Bad guys exist.
Quagmire.
If Obama Is nuts to do that prior to election day, Trump can have a field day.
Clinton trotted out the dead body of a Syrian boy in the debate to justify the administration’s support of ISIS.
To: keat
1) no boots on the ground
2) Have diplomats meet
3) encourage the UN to decry this
Absolutely correct.
Exactly. Start a war, then call for not hanging horses’ asses in midstream!
Exactly. Start a war, then call for not changing horses’ asses in midstream!
THIS IS INSANE!
Is there anyone in the military that will tell this SOB that this is not going to happen?!?
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Will never happen. They haven’t honored their oath to date. That’s why we now face WW III.
The better to say we’re in a time of national crisis and cancel the election, my dear......
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