[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Why would Mattis et al, be soooo against this?"

If this had been the plan all along, I think General Mattis would have supported this. It realizes our objectives. Perhaps Khashoggi's death is paying off for us. The President realizes he's in trouble here and has to find a way out.

Hey Prince, do you have some extra troops lying around to send to Syria? That whole Khashoggi thing, fergeddaboutit!!

[entropy12]

Another 911 style airplane attack is improbable with the airport security we now have.

So why we care who kills whom in the snake pit called the Middle-East?

How much more war debt we need to pile on to act as the world’s policeman? Foreign wars and debt are the reasons major empires collapsed.