So much for the element of surprise.
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WASHPOST: Obama mulls 2-day attack using cruise missiles or long-range bombers...
REUTERS: Western powers tell rebels expect strike 'within days'...
UK armed forces 'making contingency plans' for military action...
CAMERON RECALLS PARLIAMENT...
RUSSIA, CHINA WARN AGAINST SYRIA STRIKE
Probably a notice to the Rooskies to get out before the sky turns red.
Ditto the NKs...
Well, I'm surprised. Didn't know we had an election coming up so soon.
Who will join us in the attack (raid)? England (looks that way), France (Perhaps), Italy (maybe), Turkey (looking good here), Oman?, Saudi Arabia?
Question is how will Syria Respond? She has lots of choices too.
A) Hit Israel hard—This might unify Syria.
B) Hit Isael with Gas and Biological weapons? Hope the Jews will hit back hard and gain allies for Syria.
C) Hit UK bases or US ships at sea?
D) Use terrorism to hit the USA and UK or France? Gas?
E) Get the Russians involved in some way.
F) Get Iran involved so they can hit Oman and Saudi Arabia?
G) Hit Lebannon and or Turkey with gas and such?
H) kill every Christian in Syria burn all their churches.
I) cause anti-American riots and embassy attacks in the Arab world.
J) Go to the UN and claim victimhood? Use Terrorist groups to pound Israel with rockets and bombs?
K) Hit US airlines with rockets or send fighters to shoot down US planes?
L) Get North Korea to threaten attacks with other lands.
M. Hit oil tankers?
I read recently that the DoD has about 7000 - 8000 drones in service. I’d assume some of them can fly low and detect air defense radars, and will be the decoys that get the AA to “light up”, and of course, following closely behind will probably be the drones that are carrying the HARM missiles. In addition to hundreds of cruise missiles now on scene, the strikes could be pretty useful at taking out Assad’s air force, and/or decimating his elite troops. Not sure I like how the aftermath will play out, but that’s what I expect for airstrikes. I don’t see a whole lot of manned flights, simply for the bad press that could come from a shoot down.
The winning play here, is to decimate Iran’s nuclear program and their infrastructure that allows them to re-supply Assad. We all know the Iranians were involved is some way with the chemical weapons strikes, and they are involved in this up to their eyelids. Not only that, in attacking Iran, Obama satisfies his “red line” and Iran begins to realize that they can no longer “war game” our responses. Yes, so far they have been playing chess while we have been playing checkers, but the time is ripe for us to play a completely different game. The game from the movie “War Games”.