[reasonisfaith]

You mean a downside like “Whoops, sorry Mr. President, we gave you the wrong intelligence, kinda like the yellow cake fiasco back when, I guess that gives you a good reason to drain the intelligence swamp.”

[Rashputin]

That and more, like an obviously coordinated ISIS offensive as soon as it's clear the Syrian AF can't intervene. You know, "gee Mr. President, we can't keep track of all the details throughout the whole country, who knew?".

And, possibly foreign nationals killed in the attack that the Intelligence folks swore were nowhere near that base. Probably not Iranians or Russians, either, since something unexpected would fit the pattern set under Bush in Iraq.

[Hatteras]

“Whoops, sorry Mr. President, we gave you the wrong intelligence, kinda like the yellow cake fiasco back when,...

you do know that's bull crap, right? After all the past few months and the lies we have discovered? No sense relying on previous intelligence. Burn down Syria, send the refugees back and welcome Russia back to the table.