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| Eyeing Syria, U.S. Paratroopers Rehearse Seizure of Chemical Arms |
| 2013-08-26 |
| [NTI] The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a mission to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and to work to build the trust, transparency, and security that are preconditions to the ultimate fulfillment of the Non-Proliferation TreatyÂ’s goals and ambitions. All the mindless beltway bloviating about "no boots on the ground" is bullshi*. Bombing won't get it. Never has, never will. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 I'm a thinking the only safe way to deal with a chem weapons dump pretty much requires many times the heat of the surface of the sun and that opens a whole nother can of worms... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-08-26 23:02 |
| #4 Probably not just 4 cans singing the melody, a couple of submarines can add a lot of harmony to that chorus. As can a Buff or Bone from CONUS |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-08-26 22:39 |
| #3 Excellent point Uneaper. Nothing against our outstanding US Navy, but it also took a bit more than 4 destroyers to bring about a |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-26 22:24 |
| #2 Of course. Obama did not support the Iraq invasion to find weapons of mass destruction... |
| Posted by: Uneaper Spairong8790 2013-08-26 22:07 |
| #1 You can guarantee destruction of the weapons without a single boot on the ground. Just be willing to accept the collateral damage. Problem is nobody has enough courage to tell the idiot in cheif that's how the math works. To preserve innocent Syrian lives for the most part, some of them will have to die in collateral damage in full striked to destroy the chem weps. Either that, or be prepared to lose a American lives in Syria - plus the inevitable sh*tstorm that having troops on the ground will cause. Far more I'd wager, than simply leaving a large smoking crater next to the "Baby Milk Factory" sign. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-08-26 21:09 |