U.S. military officers have deep doubts about impact, wisdom of a U.S. strike on Syria (Bush blamed)

Washington Post ^ | 8-29-2013 | Ernesto Londoño,

[SkyPilot]

“I can’t believe the president is even considering it,” said the officer, who like most officers interviewed for this story agreed to speak only on the condition of anonymity because military personnel are reluctant to criticize policymakers while military campaigns are being planned. “We have been fighting the last 10 years a counterinsurgency war. Syria has modern weaponry. We would have to retrain for a conventional war.”

The military has already been gutted; in just 6 months readiness has been destroyed by Sequestration that came on top of two previous massive cuts in military spending by Obama (2009 and 2011).

Sequestration was the final knife to readiness. The military is in much, much worse shape than even the leadership realizes.

[trebb]

Bush assembled a coalition despite Dim efforts to protect our enemies. Obama couldn’t assemble a ping-pong team of two because he made everyone love us so much and eradicated world terrorism ...

[DaveA37]

I would dearly love to see our military refuse to support odumbo’s call for action against Syria, who would support him then, Moooooochelle, Holder? The outcome of the mess the imposter in chief has created will be a major event in history and hopefully the end of him and his ilk.

[trebb]

I would dearly love to see our military refuse to support odumbo’s call for action against Syria, who would support him then, Moooooochelle, Holder? The outcome of the mess the imposter in chief has created will be a major event in history and hopefully the end of him and his ilk.

It would only result in a purge of the good guys in the military. I'll settle for such "disobedience if/when they want to use the military against the People.

[rbg81]

Oh, come on. I’m sure all those newly minted gay and lesbian commanders will sort this out toot sweet. [/s]

[elpadre]

copied from other thread:

Coalition in Afghanistan was Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Republic of Macedonia, Tonga, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Australia and Bush got made fun of.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Actually, the whole excuse Obama and his mouthpieces are using to start another war is that many people were killed by an alleged chemical attack near Damascus last week and not one of them was an American. Obama sees a red line there. We must rush to war!

Been there. Done that. Got the T-shirt in Mogadishu and the Balkans.

Sarah Palin is right, let God sort this one out between the Sunnis and the Alawite. Alawites dominate the government of Syria and hold key military positions.

From wikipedia:
In the late 1970s, an Islamic uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood was aimed against the government. Islamists attacked civilians and off-duty military personnel, and civilians were also killed in retaliatory strike by security forces. The uprising had reached its climax in the 1982 Hama massacre,,when some 10,000 - 40,000 people were killed by regular Syrian Army troops.

In a major shift in relations with both other Arab states and the Western world, Syria participated in the US-led Gulf War against Saddam Hussein. Syria participated in the multilateral Madrid Conference of 1991, and during the 1990s engaged in negotiations with Israel. These negotiations failed, and there have been no further direct Syrian-Israeli talks since President Hafez al-Assad's meeting with then President Bill Clinton in Geneva in March 2000

[SumProVita]

Ditto!

[The_Media_never_lie]

You don't win this game, but you can keep from losing if you refuse to play.

Well put. Sometimes best to do nothing.

[painter]

Grand Slam!

[af_vet_rr]

If we bomb one set of enemies so that another set may prevail, the victors are still our enemies. You don't win this game, but you can keep from losing if you refuse to play.

Well said. Damn shame the Republicans don't care enough to even fight this in Congress. Oh wait, the senior Republicans support it, which means the GOP supports it.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your wonderful essay, dear JohnHuang2!

[dixiechick2000]

You are the most awesome of the most awesome! It’s so good to read your thoughts. Thank you so much! ;o)

“Russia asks Turkey for info on sarin terrorists”

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/151261/russia-asks-turkey-for-info-on-sarin-terrorists.html

“Russia has called on Turkey to share its findings in the case of Syrian rebels who were seized on the Turkish-Syrian border with a 2kg cylinder full of nerve gas sarin.”

So..........who dun it?

I smile every time I see your nic. ;o)