[Marine_Uncle]

'and that due to Syrian inaction the US was now "taking matters into our own hands."
It really is about time our guys started to perform these type operations. Starting back in 2004 Powell had the promise of the little lions key generals that they would not allow their borders to become a crossing ground for jihadist. They have not did much in preventing thousands of goons to cross over the past five years.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We should have done an escalation much sooner alright....course MSNBC is claiming that that is what Bush is doing now....see post #24 here:

A warning Syria's President Assad must heed -- US Special Forces cross into Syria