Friday, August 30, 2013

White House Telegraphics the Punch on Syria: What if Syria sinks Our Ship?

This article on Obama's potential Syrian adventure is priceless.

Having leaked to the world, and thus to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a detailed briefing of the coming U.S. air attack on Syria — (1) the source (offshore warships and perhaps a bomber or two), (2) the weapon (cruise missiles), (3) the duration (two or three days), (4) the purpose (punishment, not “regime change”) — perhaps we should be publishing the exact time the bombs will fall, lest we disrupt dinner in Damascus.

I wonder what would happen if Syria started firing ship-killer missiles that they got from Russia at those warships? If Assad sinks one of them you figure it would kill 300 sailors and the US would have to escalate the war. If Obama doesn't do so then he would be in serious trouble. Those are the kind of complexities that will happen if we do some feckless missile firing and then running away.


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