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Pentagon Considers Launching Limited Military Action Against Assad
Reuters ^ | October 8, 2016 | Mike Theiler

Posted on 10/08/2016 4:17:16 AM PDT by Strategy

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is considering carrying out limited attacks in Syria that don't drag U.S. President Barack Obama to an embarrassing situation, along with several U.S. security bodies holding meetings since weeks to figure out a solution to the rising crisis in Aleppo amid potential U.S. attacks against the Syrian regime.

Officials in the Pentagon and the White House told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that these airstrikes will not be disclosed and the U.S. won't claim them publicly.

Some analysts expressed concerns over the mounting tension between Russia and the U.S. as this might drift the Syrian war and spur a military conflict. However, the Pentagon source seems certain that a U.S. decisive military step can be taken without any risk or real danger.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.aawsat.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: 201610; assad; obama; pentagon; russia; syria; syrianwar
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1 posted on 10/08/2016 4:17:16 AM PDT by Strategy
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“Limited Military Action”????? That’s what a petulant little child does when he’s been dissed. Adult presidents use the military only to achieve objectives in the interest of the US. Good presidents then do it with sufficient military power to achieve the objective. The word “limited” should never be uttered.


2 posted on 10/08/2016 4:24:02 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (always)
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Great thing to announce it ahead of time.


3 posted on 10/08/2016 4:24:23 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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“The Pentagon is considering carrying out limited attacks in Syria that don’t drag U.S. President Barack Obama to an embarrassing situation”

It already is.


4 posted on 10/08/2016 4:29:57 AM PDT by McGruff (Have you seen the new movie, Weekend at Hillary's?)
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To: Strategy; SaveFerris; Roman_War_Criminal; StoneWall Brigade; Lera; pastorbillrandles; metmom

5 posted on 10/08/2016 4:30:18 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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“Can’t we just drone this guy?”

Hitlery

6 posted on 10/08/2016 4:33:50 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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By limited, they only want to use just enough to kill off 90% of mankind.


7 posted on 10/08/2016 4:36:13 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,)
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Assad.......Assange


8 posted on 10/08/2016 4:38:08 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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A) Congress won’t authorize it
B) This could likely start a war with Russia
C) Syria and Russia are actually fighting ISIS

Will America care? Trump said bad stuff 11 years ago.


9 posted on 10/08/2016 4:39:23 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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Japan considered limited military action on Pearl Harbor.


10 posted on 10/08/2016 4:39:53 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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He is itching to leave us with a war with Russia. Almost eerything this guy touches winds up in disaster.


11 posted on 10/08/2016 4:43:14 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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LBJ did this in 1965, took 10 years and 55k plus American kia plus footing the bill on a deficit credit card.


12 posted on 10/08/2016 4:44:59 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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That was what that whole restart button was about.


13 posted on 10/08/2016 4:45:46 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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They really want him out more than they want peace in the ME.


14 posted on 10/08/2016 4:48:54 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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What’s limited? Tossing marbles in his direction? Annoying him a wee bit? That is not what the US military should be about. Either go in 110% or stay the heck out. All this piddly stuff we’ve been doing for the past couple decades has accomplished nothing except getting our loved ones killed.


15 posted on 10/08/2016 4:51:03 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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Barack Hussein might as well. He has less than fifteen weeks remaining in which to do massively harmful stupid things, so he’s in a hurry to topple what left of Syria that is not under terrorist control.


16 posted on 10/08/2016 4:55:38 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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Then they will be attacking Russia.

Let Saudi Arabia do their own dirty work.

Obama Clinton is the war party.


17 posted on 10/08/2016 4:58:16 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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Russia has already made it clear that they stand by their clients. Do we really want open warfare with Russia?


18 posted on 10/08/2016 5:02:11 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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The world has changed in the 70 some years since FDR met the Saudi king coming back from Yalta where he gave Stalin Eastern Europe.

Roosevelt started the special relationship with Saudi Arabia based on oil and now the Saudis and Gulf Arabs have the money and the energy resources Europe needs.

There’s irony because in the old days the Arab Legion did the fighting for the British in the Middle East.

Now the American Legion and the British Legion will do the fighting for the Arabs who have all the money that the Americans and the British used to have.


19 posted on 10/08/2016 5:03:28 AM PDT by Nextrush (Remember Pastor Niemoller: Freedom is everybody's business)
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Has Obama gone to congress for a declaration of war? No? His ninety days were up a couple years ago. No protests, nothing, no congressional outrage, no peaceniks, just nothing. Now he’s pushing for a world war, for what? To cover his and Hillary’s crime and the fact he’s spent us into oblivion? We allowed ourselves to be taken over in a silent coup 8 years ago, and I don’t think we’re coming back.


20 posted on 10/08/2016 5:05:55 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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